Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Man Faces Fresh Charges Over Hunter Hydroponic House, 321 plants and 22kg of Cannabis Seized

 BY ISABEL EVERETT

A man has been charged with additional drugs offences as part of a two-year investigation into a hydroponic house in the Hunter. 

In March 2018, officers attended a home on Honeysuckle Drive, Aberglasslyn, where they located a large amount of cannabis.

Two days later, on Monday March 26, strike force detectives executed a search warrant at the property, which had allegedly been converted into a hydroponic house.

Officers located and seized a number of items, including 321 cannabis plants and over 22kg of loose cannabis leaf.

As part of ongoing inquiries, police attended a home on Dimmock Street at Hunterview, near Singleton, on on September 16 2020, where officers allegedly located and dismantled another elaborate hydroponic setup.

A 28-year-old man was arrested and charged; he remains before the courts.

Following further inquiries, police issued the man a Court Attendance Notice for cultivating a large commercial quantity of prohibited plant on Monday October 12. 

He is due to next appear at Muswellbrook Local Court on November 16. 


The home on Honeysuckle Drive, Aberglasslyn
                                                                          Images from the NSW Police Force