Ron Strider
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Police have busted yet another two cannabis-growing houses in recent days in Perth, seizing close to 500 plants in the process.
The recent drug houses are the latest in a long line of similar drug busts across Perth in the past year, involving homes, mostly rental properties, being converted into large cannabis growing facilities.
Its believed detectives seized about 140 cannabis plants at a home on Belmont Road in Kewdale last week.
Its understood five rooms in the home were being used to grow the cannabis.
Its also understood electricity had been illegally bypassed to power the home.
One person is facing charges relating to the cultivation of the cannabis and the illegally bypassed power.
On Sunday, a warrant was executed at a house in Rockingham. No one was home at the time.
In the two-storey house police found 240 cannabis plants along with items associated with the cultivation process.
Numerous rooms had been converted to grow hydroponic cannabis, police say, with inquiries ongoing.
Several weeks ago police seized hundreds of cannabis plants and more than $50,000 in cash after a traffic stop and subsequent raids on two Perth homes in Rivervale and Osborne Park.
Four people were charged in connection with the discovery.
Earlier this year WAtoday revealed eleven people in total, most of whom were Vietnamese nationals, had been charged with a string of drug related offences as part of a major police operation into cannabis houses and a Vietnamese crime syndicate.
The operation, led by Armadale and Kensington Detectives, resulted in raids at 19 Perth properties between August last year and early February.
More than $6 million of hydroponic cannabis was seized.
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The recent drug houses are the latest in a long line of similar drug busts across Perth in the past year, involving homes, mostly rental properties, being converted into large cannabis growing facilities.
Its believed detectives seized about 140 cannabis plants at a home on Belmont Road in Kewdale last week.
Its understood five rooms in the home were being used to grow the cannabis.
Its also understood electricity had been illegally bypassed to power the home.
One person is facing charges relating to the cultivation of the cannabis and the illegally bypassed power.
On Sunday, a warrant was executed at a house in Rockingham. No one was home at the time.
In the two-storey house police found 240 cannabis plants along with items associated with the cultivation process.
Numerous rooms had been converted to grow hydroponic cannabis, police say, with inquiries ongoing.
Several weeks ago police seized hundreds of cannabis plants and more than $50,000 in cash after a traffic stop and subsequent raids on two Perth homes in Rivervale and Osborne Park.
Four people were charged in connection with the discovery.
Earlier this year WAtoday revealed eleven people in total, most of whom were Vietnamese nationals, had been charged with a string of drug related offences as part of a major police operation into cannabis houses and a Vietnamese crime syndicate.
The operation, led by Armadale and Kensington Detectives, resulted in raids at 19 Perth properties between August last year and early February.
More than $6 million of hydroponic cannabis was seized.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Two more cannabis houses busted across Perth, nearly 500 plants seized
Author: Phil Hickey
Contact: Contact Us | Customer Service & Subscriptions
Photo Credit: AP Photo
Website: Breaking News from Perth & Western Australia | WAtoday.com.au
