Victoria Police seize 4,500 cannabis plants from Devon Meadows igloo grow
Victoria Police raided an eight-hectare Devon Meadows property on 7 October 2025, arresting eight people who fled the site and seizing about 4,500 cannabis plants grown in gardening igloos that officers valued at AUD 15 million for later destruction.
🇦🇺 Devon Meadows, Victoria · Australia
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Arrested
8
Plants destroyed
4,500
Area
8 ha
Value (official estimate)
AUD 15,000,000
Victoria Police executed search warrants at about 7:30 am on Tuesday 7 October 2025 at an eight-hectare
Devon Meadows property and a Keysborough home in Melbourne’s south-east.[1][2]Eight people ran as
officers arrived at the large block; all were arrested after a chase captured on police drone footage
published by Nine News.[2]
Over two days police dismantled cannabis grown inside gardening igloos and removed about 4,500 plants
of mixed maturity, which Victoria Police valued at AUD 15 million.[1][2]AAP said the plants would be
destroyed after forensic examination by a botanist.[1]Officers also seized a firearm, amphetamines,
cocaine, ammunition and cash.[1]
Five men aged 26 to 49 were charged with cultivating a large commercial quantity of cannabis and
remanded from Melbourne Magistrates’ Court; three other men were released on intent to summon.[1][2]Sergeant Josh Gordon said the case showed how alleged syndicates hide commercial grows behind
legitimate-looking horticulture.[1]
Far North police stopped a Holden sedan 30 km north of Marla on 5 November 2026 and arrested two Port Augusta men aged 21 and 22. Officers allegedly found a trafficable quantity of cannabis plus 33 four-litre casks and whisky; both men were charged with commercial drug trafficking and supplying liquor to a prescribed area.
More than 30 Western Australia police spent five days winching into dense bush between Pemberton and Busselton in February 2009, ripping up about 2,800 cannabis plants worth an estimated $8 million. A 61-year-old man faced court in Busselton over cultivation and possession charges.
Police searched a dozen districts around Nimbin over five days, seizing 1,790 cannabis plants worth $3.5 million. Seven people face cultivation charges.
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.
