Man charged after 40 cannabis plants seized at Young grow house
Hume Police District officers raided a Spring Creek Road home in Young on 18 March 2026 and arrested a 44-year-old man after allegedly finding rooms converted to grow 40 cannabis plants, 3.5 kilograms of loose cannabis leaf and 2.6 grams of methylamphetamine. He was refused bail to appear in court the next day on commercial indoor cultivation and related drug charges.
🇦🇺 Spring Creek Road, Young, New South Wales · Australia
About 8.50am on Wednesday 18 March 2026, officers attached to the Hume Police
District executed a search warrant at a home on Spring Creek Road, Young, as
part of an ongoing investigation into drug supply in the area.[1]During the
search, police found several rooms converted to grow cannabis and seized 40
cannabis plants, 3.5 kilograms of loose cannabis leaf and 2.6 grams of
methylamphetamine for forensic examination.[2][1]
Police arrested a 44-year-old man at the property and took him to Young Police
Station.[1]He was charged with enhanced indoor cultivation of plants for
commercial purposes, possessing cannabis in an amount above indictable and
below commercial quantity, knowingly allowing use of premises as a drug
premises, diverting or using electricity for a generating system without
authority, and two counts of possessing a prohibited drug.[2]He was refused
bail to appear before Bail Division Local Court 5 on Thursday 19 March 2026.[1]
The Canberra Times reported the search happened just before 9am and published
NSW Police photographs of the alleged grow rooms.[2]Both outlets noted a
second raid later the same day at another Young address, which is not part of
this report.[2][1]
Photos and video
Rooms converted to grow cannabis at the Spring Creek Road property. Photo: NSW Police, via The Canberra TimesPhoto details
NSW Police's own news page for these raids could not be opened because of bot verification.
The 44-year-old man's name and later court outcome are not reported.
The same day, police executed a separate warrant on Olympic Highway, Young, arresting a 25-year-old who was released pending investigation; that search is a different event.
Combined drug valuations of more than $165,000 cover both raids and multiple substances, not this grow room alone.
Additional NSW Police photographs on the Canberra Times page were not all listed separately.
Police seized 521 mature hydroponically grown cannabis plants and cultivation equipment while searching a home on Brooks Parade in Belmont, Lake Macquarie, and two neighbouring properties on 9 November 2026. No occupants were found; police put the plants' potential street value at $1,042,000 and said inquiries were continuing.
ACT Policing charged two 35-year-old men, one with trafficking a trafficable quantity of cannabis, after searching a Turner home on 7 November and seizing dried cannabis, several other drugs, about $110,000 in cash and two luxury cars. The homeowner was refused bail on 9 November; the second man, arrested on a warrant, applied for bail.
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.
