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STREET VALUE OF DRUGS IN RAIDS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE $5 MILLION

Another person has been charged following yesterday’s drug raids across the Northern Rivers, bringing the total number to nine.

Police also now estimate the total street value of drugs they say were seized in the haul to be $5 million.

Heavily armed officers simultaneously raided properties in Lismore, Jiggi, Rous Mill and Georgica yesterday morning, allegedly uncovering 2000 cannabis plants, MDMA production and firearms.

Police say Strike Force Areas was an operation eight months in the making, targeting drug supply allegedly linked to the Lone Wolf outlaw motorcycle gang.

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