Drug and Firearms Squad detectives have charged two people after dismantling 12 large-scale industrial grow houses near Muswellbrook and seizing cannabis with a street value of nearly $8 million.
In November last year, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad established Strike Force Harthouse to investigate the cultivation and supply of cannabis across NSW.
Their inquiries uncovered a remote property near Muswellbrook being used for the large-scale cultivation of cannabis.
Following extensive investigations, strike force detectives executed a crime scene warrant at a property on the Golden Highway at Gungal, about 58km south-east of Muswellbrook, around 9am on Thursday August 20.
During the search, investigators seized 2628 cannabis plants with an estimated potential street value of $7.8 million.
Officers also located equipment consistent with the cultivation of cannabis within 12 large-scale industrial grow houses, which were subsequently dismantled.
The Cabramatta men were both charged with cultivating a prohibiteded plant (large commercial quantity).
Both men were refused bail to appear at Muswellbrook Local Court on Friday August 21.
Investigations by the Drug and Firearms Squad are continuing.
