48 kg of cannabis seized in Launceston as two men face trafficking charges
Tasmania Police seized 48 kilograms of cannabis from two Launceston suburbs after a week-long investigation, a haul valued at $300,000 to $350,000. Two Rosevears men were charged with trafficking and summonsed to appear in court.
Launceston police seized48 kilograms of cannabis from premises in two of the
city’s suburbs after a week-long investigation by Northern Drug Investigation
Services and the Launceston CIB.[1][2]Police called it one of the largest
cannabis seizures in Tasmania.[1][2]
Police put the haul’s street value at between $300,000 and $350,000.[1]Two
men from Rosevears, aged 29 and 32, were charged withtrafficking and summonsed
to appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court at a later date.[1]Police said
further investigations were continuing.[1]
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Offstream Newsoffstream.newsPolice find 48 kilograms of illegal cannabis in Launceston and charge two men, after a week-long operation in one of the largest seizures of the drug in Tasmanian history
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The reports give no calendar date for the searches; 14 July 2010 is the publication date.
The reports do not say what happened in court after the two men were summonsed.
The second outlet repeats the police account via the Sydney Morning Herald, so the figures rest on that single official statement.
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