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16,000 PLANTS SEIZED AT AN ELLANGOWAN PROPERTY WORTH ALMOST $58 MILLION DOLLARS

A staggering 16-and-a-half thousand cannabis plants, worth almost $58-million, have been seized from a property on the far north coast.

Strike Force police, along with local officers and PolAir swooped on an Ellangowan property on Tuesday.

Investigators say they found 19 large greenhouses – 13 of which contained cannabis plants, all at varying stages of maturity.

Police have spent two days dismantling the operation… as yet, no arrests have been made.

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Josephine Shannon

Josephine Shannon is a Reporter for NBN News, covering the Central Coast region in New South Wales and based in Gosford. Josephine joined the Northern Rivers bureau in September 2021, covering the Northern Rivers 2022 flood disaster before moving to the Central Coast in March 2023. Get in touch by emailing josephine.shannon@nine.com.au.

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