🇦🇺 New South Wales, Australia
RSS10 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 87
- Plants destroyed
- 70K
- Cannabis seized
- 3.10369 t
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
Layers
- Urgent
- At risk
- Secure
- Held in a genebank
- No data yet
- No seed lot recorded
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- Eradication · 2
- Seizure · 1
- Raid · 7
Reports
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20241 report
NSW police charge 19 in $80m syndicate raids across Sydney and Illawarra
NSW Police say an 11-month operation against a transnational crime network growing cannabis on an industrial scale ended with 19 arrests and seizures of more than 23,000 plants and 586 kilograms of harvested cannabis, valued by police at more than $80 million.
Arrested 19Plants destroyed 23,000Cannabis 586 kg
20221 report
Police seize 19,000 cannabis plants in record NSW bust
Strike Force Harthouse detectives raided a rural property at Dandry in January 2022, seizing more than 19,000 cannabis plants valued at about A$66.8 million. Six people aged 23 to 42 were arrested and charged over what police called the biggest cannabis bust on the New South Wales record.
Arrested 6Charged 6
20201 report
NSW Police seize 13,353 cannabis plants near Taree and arrest 14

Detectives spent 22 and 23 October 2020 raiding three rural properties near Taree, seizing 13,353 cannabis plants and 39 pounds of dried cannabis worth a police-estimated A$40 million. Fourteen Vietnamese nationals were arrested and refused bail in what police called possibly the largest Australian cannabis seizure since the 1970s.
Arrested 14Plants destroyed 13,353Cannabis 17.69 kg
20092 reports
Strike Force Bokhara seizes $4m cannabis crop near Mudgee
More than two dozen NSW police raided an isolated 600-acre farm at Turill on 6 March 2009, seizing about 1,500 mature cannabis plants worth an estimated $4 million. Four men were arrested at the scene after days of covert surveillance.
Arrested 4Plants destroyed 1,500
1,790 cannabis plants seized around Nimbin; seven arrested
Police searched a dozen districts around Nimbin over five days, seizing 1,790 cannabis plants worth $3.5 million. Seven people face cultivation charges.
Arrested 7Charged 7Plants destroyed 1,790
20081 report
Six cannabis hydro-houses raided in Blair Athol, six arrested
Police raided six houses concealing hydroponic cannabis farms in Blair Athol in south-west Sydney in the week ending 16 May 2008, seizing more than a thousand plants police valued at around $10 million. Six people were arrested and a child was removed from one of the houses.
Arrested 6
20061 report
Two hydroponic cannabis houses raided in Greenfield Park
Police raided two empty houses on Smithfield Road in Greenfield Park on 7 August 2006, seizing 360 cannabis plants and processed cannabis worth about one million Australian dollars. No one was home, no charges were laid, and investigations continued.
Plants destroyed 360
20042 reports
Record 2.5-tonne cannabis haul seized at Jacks Creek; 16 arrested
Drug squad detectives raided the rural property 'Valala' at Jacks Creek near Narrabri at dawn on 8 April 2004, uncovering 2.5 tonnes of dried cannabis worth an estimated A$35 million, then the state's biggest haul. Sixteen people were arrested at the farmhouse, nearby and at three camouflaged crop and drying sites on the property.
Arrested 16Cannabis 2.5 t
More than 30,000 cannabis plants seized near Dubbo; 12 arrested
New South Wales police raided a camouflaged syndicate plantation in isolated woodland near Dubbo on 29 January 2004, seizing more than 30,000 cannabis plants police valued at about $50 million. Twelve people, including sentries and three alleged ringleaders, were arrested.
Arrested 12Plants destroyed 30,000
20011 report
Police raid three Nimbin cannabis cafes and arrest three
Thirty-five police officers with two sniffer dogs raided three cannabis cafes in Nimbin on 14 May 2001, arresting Andrew Kavasilas, Donald Fuggle and Allen Moore; more than 100 residents followed police to the station in protest, and 200 people rallied at Lismore courthouse on 4 June.
Arrested 3
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