ADDITIONAL CHARGES LAID OVER ALLEGED HUNTER HYDROPONIC HOUSE
A man has been charged with additional drug offences as part of a two-year investigation into a hydroponic house in the Hunter region.
About 7.30pm on Saturday 24 March 2018, officers attended a home on Honeysuckle Drive at Aberglasslyn, where they located a large amount of cannabis.
Officers established a crime scene and Strike Force Devom was set up to conduct an investigation into the alleged cultivation of cannabis.
Two days later, strike force detectives executed a search warrant at the property, which had allegedly been converted into a hydroponic house.
Officers located and seized a number of items, including 321 cannabis plants and over 22kg of loose cannabis leaf.
As part of ongoing inquiries, police attended a home on Dimmock Street at Hunterview, near Singleton, on Wednesday 16 September 2020, where officers allegedly located and dismantled an elaborate hydroponic setup.
A 28-year-old man was arrested and charged; he remains before the courts.
Following further inquiries, police have also issued the Vietnamese National a Court Attendance Notice for cultivate large commercial quantity of prohibited plant yesterday.
He is due to appear at Muswellbrook Local Court on Monday 16 November.
