New South Wales Police charged five people following an investigation into cannabis supply in Sydney’s south-west.[1] Police Transport Command officers began investigating in June, focusing their efforts on Yagoona.[1] On 5 December 2024, officers stopped a vehicle on Brodie Street in Yagoona and arrested two men aged 31 and 28.[1] Officers searched the vehicle and seized two kilograms of suspected methylamphetamine.[1] Later that night, police searched a property on Wycombe Street in Yagoona.[1] At the property, they arrested two women, aged 29 and 55, and a 57-year-old man.[1] During the search, officers seized over 60 kilograms of cannabis, 63 cannabis plants, a hydroponic setup, and about $140,000 in cash.[1] Authorities estimated the cannabis had a street value of more than $1.2 million.[1]

Both men were taken to Bankstown Police Station and each charged with eight offences.[1] The 31-year-old was charged with offences including commercial drug supply, cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis, dealing with proceeds of crime, and participating in a criminal group.[1] The 28-year-old was charged with the same offences.[1] They were refused bail at Bankstown Local Court on 6 December to appear before Burwood Local Court on 12 February.[1] The 57-year-old man and 55-year-old woman were charged with commercial drug supply, commercial cannabis cultivation, dealing with proceeds of crime, and participating in a criminal group.[1] The 29-year-old woman faced charges including commercial drug supply, commercial cannabis cultivation, and participating in a criminal group.[1] All three appeared in Bankstown Local Court on 6 December, where both women received conditional bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on 12 February.[1] The 57-year-old man was refused bail before Burwood Local Court granted him conditional bail on 9 December to reappear on 12 February.[1]

Subsequent inquiries led police to raid three properties on the New South Wales South Coast.[1] On 6 December, South Coast Police District officers searched homes on Morton Parade and Burradoo Crescent in Nowra, seizing 196 cannabis plants and dismantling a hydroponic setup.[1] On 18 December, police searched a home on Elderberry Avenue in Worrigee, seizing 231 cannabis plants and a hydroponic setup.[1] With 490 cannabis plants seized in total, authorities estimated the total street value of all seized drugs at $4.2 million.[1]