{"version":1,"id":"au/qld","name":"Queensland, Australia","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/au/qld/","count":5,"totals":{"reports":5,"arrested":7,"plants_destroyed":21200,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":8042,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":4,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2023-05-15","reports":[{"id":"coominya-syndicate-farm-2976-plants-2023","code":"CET-EK8H0N","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/coominya-syndicate-farm-2976-plants-2023/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/EK8H0N/","date":"2023-05-15","added_at":"2026-11-04T14:08:34.490Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:31:22.000Z","country":"au/qld","country_name":"Queensland, Australia","place":"Coominya, Somerset Region, Queensland","coordinates":[-27.39,152.42],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"2,976 cannabis plants seized on syndicate farm at Coominya","summary":"Queensland's State Drug Squad raided a Coominya property on 15 May 2023 and seized 2,976 cannabis plants growing in 19 greenhouses, plus seedlings and 32 kg of dried cannabis worth an estimated $23.1 million; a 26-year-old man arrested days later was charged with producing a commercial quantity.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":32,"value":{"amount":23100000,"currency":"AUD"}},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"plants"}],"activity":["cultivation"],"setting":["home"],"environment":["indoor","greenhouse"],"case_stage":"charged","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.environment":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[1,2],"figures.charged":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[1,2],"figures.value":[1,2]},"tags":["syndicate","greenhouse","commercial-production"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/rural-queensland-farm-raid-sparks-23-1m-cannabis-bust","media_url":"https://aapnews.imgdeliver.net/article-assets/2023052111050/81f42e18-30ae-4a48-b28d-d62f45c4a322.jpg","publisher":"AAP","caption":"Nearly 3,000 cannabis plants growing inside 19 greenhouses on the raided Coominya farm (police handout)","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250709100042/https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/rural-queensland-farm-raid-sparks-23-1m-cannabis-bust"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The outcome of the charged man's Richlands Magistrates Court appearance on 6 June 2023 was not reported in the opened accounts.","Police said they were still searching for others involved in the syndicate and gave no names beyond the arrested man.","The 2,976 plants and close to 1,600 seedlings are stated in the text; no plant figure is stored because the reports say the crop was seized, not destroyed."],"sources":[{"title":"Major drug seizure, Coominya","url":"https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2023/05/21/major-drug-seizure-coominya/","publisher":"Queensland Police Service","date":"2023-05-21","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260724012506/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2023/05/21/major-drug-seizure-coominya/"},{"title":"Rural Queensland farm raid sparks $23.1m cannabis bust","url":"https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/rural-queensland-farm-raid-sparks-23-1m-cannabis-bust","publisher":"AAP","date":"2023-05-21","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250709100042/https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/rural-queensland-farm-raid-sparks-23-1m-cannabis-bust"}]},{"id":"sunnybank-littler-street-450-plants-2015","code":"CET-42097P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sunnybank-littler-street-450-plants-2015/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/42097P/","date":"2015-10-14","added_at":"2026-11-03T18:44:12.866Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"au/qld","country_name":"Queensland, Australia","place":"Littler Street, Sunnybank, Queensland","coordinates":[-27.58,153.05],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"450-plant hydroponic crop worth $2m seized in Sunnybank house","summary":"Queensland Police raided a house on Littler Street in Sunnybank on 14 October 2015 after a public tip and seized about 450 hydroponic cannabis plants worth around $2 million; 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the legal account says the matters were still proceeding through the Richlands and Brisbane Magistrates courts."],"sources":[{"title":"Large drug seizure, Sunnybank","url":"https://australiancrimenews.com.au/large-drug-seizure-sunnybank/","publisher":"Australian Crime News (Queensland Police Service)","date":"2015-10-14","archived":null},{"title":"Will Cannabis ever be Legalised in Queensland?","url":"https://www.cridlandhua.com/will-cannabis-ever-be-legalised-in-queensland/","publisher":"Cridland & Hua Lawyers","date":null,"archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260514123708/https://www.cridlandhua.com/will-cannabis-ever-be-legalised-in-queensland/"}]},{"id":"st-lucia-750-plants-raid-2009","code":"CET-RA0B37","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/st-lucia-750-plants-raid-2009/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RA0B37/","date":"2009-11-17","added_at":"2026-11-03T17:54:41.042Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:35.000Z","country":"au/qld","country_name":"Queensland, Australia","place":"Sir Fred Schonell Drive and The Esplanade, St Lucia, Brisbane","coordinates":[-27.4943,153.0029],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest"],"title":"750 cannabis plants seized in St Lucia raids; 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Two men were charged and six more people were still assisting police.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":2,"kg_seized":10,"plants_destroyed":750},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":10},{"product":"plants","plants":750}],"activity":["trafficking","possession"],"setting":["home"],"environment":["indoor"],"case_stage":"charged"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.environment":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.charged":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.plants_destroyed":[1]},"tags":["st-lucia","hydroponic","organised-crime"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/photogallery/queensland/drug-bust-at-st-lucia/20091117-iji4.html?selectedImage=0","media_url":"http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2009/11/17/865070/IMG_2184-600x400.jpg","publisher":"Brisbane Times","caption":"Police seize marijuana plants from a property on Sir Fred Schonell Drive in St Lucia. Photo: Scott Casey."},{"kind":"photo","url":"http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/photogallery/queensland/drug-bust-at-st-lucia/20091117-iji4.html?selectedImage=1","media_url":"http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2009/11/17/865071/IMG_2153-80x80.jpg","publisher":"Brisbane Times","caption":"Police seize marijuana plants from a property on Sir Fred Schonell Drive in St Lucia. Photo: Scott Casey."},{"kind":"photo","url":"http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/photogallery/queensland/drug-bust-at-st-lucia/20091117-iji4.html?selectedImage=2","media_url":"http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2009/11/17/865073/IMG_2183-80x80.jpg","publisher":"Brisbane Times","caption":"Police seize marijuana plants from a property on Sir Fred Schonell Drive in St Lucia. 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