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.
🇦🇺 Smithfield Road, Greenfield Park, Sydney · New South Wales, Australia
Plants destroyed
360
Value (official estimate)
AUD 1,000,000
Police in south-western Sydney raided two houses in Greenfield Park on the
morning of Monday 7 August 2006, seizing cannabis worth about one million
Australian dollars.[1]Both houses stood on Smithfield Road and were raided
at about 11.30am, when officers found elaborate hydroponic set-ups.[1]
Officers seized 360 cannabis plants along with a large quantity of processed
cannabis.[1]Nobody was home at either house and no charges were laid, but
police said investigations were continuing.[1]The raids were carried out by
the Wetherill Park Target Action Group as part of a crackdown on hydroponic
cannabis cultivation.[1]
Victoria Police arrested and charged two Highett men, aged 48 and 67, after a 29 October 2026 warrant on Peace Street. Officers seized cannabis, hydroponic equipment and other drugs; one man is remanded and the other is on bail.
Hunter Valley police seized 280 plants at Denman on 29 September 2026 and 925 more at Muswellbrook and Singleton Heights on 1 October, taking Operation Cages to 1,465 plants worth about $4 million; two men, 36 and 56, were charged and refused bail.
Police searched 15 properties across the Australian Capital Territory and seized 1,586 cannabis plants, about 70 kg of dried cannabis, cash and six vehicles. Nine people were charged with criminal-group and drug offences in what police called their largest ever operation against grow houses.
ACT Policing's Operation Margate dismantled 14 cannabis grow houses and destroyed 2,613 plants worth about $9 million between 2023 and June 2026. Six offenders were arrested and charged, with houses worth about $4.6 million restrained for forfeiture.
