<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New South Wales, Australia: Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/au/nsw/</link><description>New reports of cannabis enforcement in New South Wales, Australia.</description><language>en</language><item><title>NSW police charge 19 in $80m syndicate raids across Sydney and Illawarra</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nsw-strike-force-heradale-80m-cannabis/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nsw-strike-force-heradale-80m-cannabis/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2024-11-21. 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.</description></item><item><title>Police seize 19,000 cannabis plants in record NSW bust</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dandry-record-cannabis-seizure/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dandry-record-cannabis-seizure/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2022-01-18. 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.</description></item><item><title>NSW Police seize 13,353 cannabis plants near Taree and arrest 14</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/taree-minimbah-13353-plants-raids-2020/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/taree-minimbah-13353-plants-raids-2020/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2020-10-23. 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.</description></item><item><title>Strike Force Bokhara seizes $4m cannabis crop near Mudgee</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mudgee-turill-cannabis-crop-2009/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/mudgee-turill-cannabis-crop-2009/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2009-03-06. 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.</description></item><item><title>1,790 cannabis plants seized around Nimbin; seven arrested</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nimbin-cannabis-eradication-operation/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nimbin-cannabis-eradication-operation/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2009-02-06. Police searched a dozen districts around Nimbin over five days, seizing 1,790 cannabis plants worth $3.5 million. Seven people face cultivation charges.</description></item><item><title>Six cannabis hydro-houses raided in Blair Athol, six arrested</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/blair-athol-hydro-houses-raids-2008/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/blair-athol-hydro-houses-raids-2008/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2008-05-16. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two hydroponic cannabis houses raided in Greenfield Park</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/greenfield-park-hydroponic-raids-2006/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/greenfield-park-hydroponic-raids-2006/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2006-08-07. 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.</description></item><item><title>Record 2.5-tonne cannabis haul seized at Jacks Creek; 16 arrested</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/narrabri-jacks-creek-record-seizure-2004/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/narrabri-jacks-creek-record-seizure-2004/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2004-04-08. 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.</description></item><item><title>More than 30,000 cannabis plants seized near Dubbo; 12 arrested</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dubbo-30000-plants-syndicate-raid-2004/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dubbo-30000-plants-syndicate-raid-2004/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2004-01-29. 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.</description></item><item><title>Police raid three Nimbin cannabis cafes and arrest three</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nimbin-cafes-raid-three-arrested-2001/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nimbin-cafes-raid-three-arrested-2001/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>New South Wales, Australia, 2001-05-14. 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.</description></item></channel></rss>