$2.3M cannabis crop seized at Lileah as 52-year-old faces trafficking charge
Tasmania Police raided a private home at Lileah on 7 September 2016, seizing cannabis plants and product with an estimated street value of $2.3 million plus a large sum of cash. A 52-year-old man was interviewed and bailed to face a trafficking charge in the Burnie Magistrates Court.
🇦🇺 Lileah, North-West Tasmania · Tasmania, Australia
Officers of the Western Drug Investigation Services executed a drug-related search warrant at a private residence at Lileah, on Tasmania’s North-West Coast, at about 10.30am on 7 September 2016.[1]They seized cannabis plants and cannabis product with an approximate street value of $2.3 million, along with a large sum of money found at the premises.[1]A radio report the next day described the haul as a large quantity of marijuana and cash alleged to be part of a commercial drug business, with Detective Inspector Kim Steven of Tasmania Police interviewed about the bust and its estimated $2.3 million street value.[2]
A 52-year-old man was interviewed over the seized items, and police said he would be charged withtrafficking in a controlled substance and was bailed to appear in the Burnie Magistrates Court at a later date.[1]
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