Officers allegedly found thousands of plants, dried product and purpose-built equipment during raids at Coonambula and Mount Maria.
Police have seized approximately $60 million worth of cannabis from two properties in rural Queensland.Police allegedly seized cannabis plants, dried product and equipment from the sitesOfficers allegedly found 11 greenhouses containing almost 5,000 cannabis plants, along with dried and drying cannabis, at Coonambula, in the North Burnett region, on July 28.Three men from Victoria and a 41-year-old man from the Bundaberg region were charged with drug offences and taken into custody.
The following day, a fifth man was taken into custody after he arrived at the property in a car allegedly containing drug equipment. On July 29, police searched a Mount Maria property in the Gladstone region, where they allegedly found 15 sophisticated hydroponic purpose-built greenhouses.Police seized more than 6,000 cannabis plants and more than 560 kilograms of dried cannabis, along with a small quantity of cocaine.
Six people on the property allegedly ran from the scene into nearby scrub and bushland when police arrived.
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