Tip-off raid on Buckland Park glasshouses leads to eight arrests
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.
🇦🇺 Nemesis Court, Buckland Park, South Australia · South Australia, Australia
A Crime Stoppers tip sent Northern District detectives to a Nemesis Court property at Buckland Park just before 8 a.m. on 29 December 2020, where they found a sophisticated cannabis operation spread across glasshouses.[1]Plants ranging from small to large grew in the glasshouses, others hydroponically, and a significant amount of cannabis dried on racks.[1]Eight people tried to flee the compound and were arrested.[2][1][3]
Detectives expected to uncover more than 10,000 plants in further searches and to remain at the property for days burning and disposing of the drugs.[1]The eight arrested, five men and three women, were charged withtrafficking a commercial quantity of a controlled drug, refused bail and were due in court the next day.[2]
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Cannabis crop at the Buckland Park property raided on 29 December 2020. Photo: Crime Stoppers South AustraliaPhoto details
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.
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