NSW:NSW police seize $4.1m of cannabis

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2011
NSW:NSW police seize $4.1m of cannabis

SYDNEY, Feb 19 AAP - About $4.1 million worth of cannabis has been seized in police
raids in northern NSW this week.

Police said on Saturday the raids in the Coffs/Clarence Local Area Command (LAC) take
their total haul in the Strike Force Unwin cannabis eradication program to $21.7 million.

Strike Force Unwin comprises detectives from the Drug Squads Cannabis Team, the NSW
Police Air Wing, Dog Squad and Coffs/Clarence LAC.

This latest raids from Monday to Friday targeted areas including Repton, Boambee, Korora,
Sandon District, Woombah, Ashby, Tyndle, Billys Creek and Dorrigo.

Police seized 2057 plants, up to 3m high.

They plan more raids in coming months.

Drug Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham warned drug cultivators
they wouldn't know where or when police would strike.

"Our aim is to detect and destroy cannabis crops across the state," he said in a statement.

"Whether it's a semi-rural crop or on a steep mountainside in a remote part of the
state, there's a very high chance police will find it."

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