{"version":1,"id":"au/sa","name":"South Australia, Australia","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/au/sa/","count":1,"totals":{"reports":1,"arrested":8,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":0,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":1,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2020-12-29","reports":[{"id":"buckland-park-glasshouse-cannabis-eight-arrests-2020","code":"CET-W170DM","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/buckland-park-glasshouse-cannabis-eight-arrests-2020/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/W170DM/","date":"2020-12-29","added_at":"2026-11-12T09:38:31.131Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"au/sa","country_name":"South Australia, Australia","place":"Nemesis Court, Buckland Park, South Australia","coordinates":[-34.6778,138.5388],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["arrest","eradication"],"title":"Tip-off raid on Buckland Park glasshouses leads to eight arrests","summary":"South Australia police raided a Nemesis Court property at Buckland Park on 29 December 2020 after a Crime Stoppers tip, finding cannabis growing in glasshouses, hydroponically and drying on racks. Eight people who tried to flee were arrested and charged with trafficking a commercial quantity, and detectives expected to uncover more than 10,000 plants.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":8,"charged":8},"details":{"agencies":["South Australia Police"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"plants"}],"activity":["cultivation","trafficking"],"setting":["farm"],"case_stage":"charged","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agencies":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.setting":[2],"figures.arrested":[1,2,3],"figures.charged":[1]},"tags":["glasshouse","tip-off","south-australia"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://crimestopperssa.com.au/media-releases/crime-stoppers-sa-tip-sends-one-of-south-australias-biggest-cannabis-crops-up-in-smoke/","media_url":"https://crimestopperssa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/29-dec-Buckland-Park-crop-3.jpg","publisher":"Crime Stoppers South Australia","caption":"Cannabis crop at the Buckland Park property raided on 29 December 2020. Photo: Crime Stoppers South Australia","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250912101511/https://crimestopperssa.com.au/media-releases/crime-stoppers-sa-tip-sends-one-of-south-australias-biggest-cannabis-crops-up-in-smoke/"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["Detectives expected to uncover more than 10,000 plants and to spend days burning and disposing of them; no final count or disposal outcome was published in the opened sources.","No weight for the dried cannabis found on racks was published.","No court outcomes for the eight charged people were reported in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"SA police arrest eight after dawn raid uncovers 'significant' cannabis plantation","url":"https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/adelaide-news-major-drug-farm-smashed-in-buckland-park-dawn-raid/dae83c5d-00e0-4ff2-80f2-f8a4593983c0","publisher":"Nine News","date":"2020-12-29","archived":null},{"title":"Crime Stoppers SA tip sends one of South Australia's biggest cannabis crops up in smoke","url":"https://crimestopperssa.com.au/media-releases/crime-stoppers-sa-tip-sends-one-of-south-australias-biggest-cannabis-crops-up-in-smoke/","publisher":"Crime Stoppers South Australia","date":"2020-12-31","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250912101511/https://crimestopperssa.com.au/media-releases/crime-stoppers-sa-tip-sends-one-of-south-australias-biggest-cannabis-crops-up-in-smoke/"},{"title":"Police arrest eight over SA drug crop","url":"https://newz.net.au/police-arrest-eight-over-sa-drug-crop/","publisher":"Newz","date":"2020-12-29","archived":null}]}]}