Australian police halt large cannabis operations after drug raid

Queensland Police have charged seven men with drug offenses and seized $40 million worth of cannabis following a drug raid in Boondooma, 300 kilometers northwest of Brisbane. On August 5, Toowoomba police arrested his seven men, ages 42, 46, 35 and 41, with assistance from the Drug and Serious Crime Group and Proston police. , men aged 43, 40 and 36 – after a search warrant was served on a local property. “Around 6am, police stopped at a former cow barn located approximately 110km northwest of Kingaroy and found several large greenhouses measuring approximately 130m by 60m,” police said in a statement sent to Storyful. “Inside the police, about 15,680 cannabis plants and 50 kg of dried cannabis, generators, hydroponics and other equipment were seized, which police claimed were used to grow cannabis on a large scale. All men were charged with manufacturing and possessing a dangerous drug (cannabis). The man has been taken into custody and is scheduled to appear again at Murgon Magistrate’s Court on August 16.Credit: Queensland Police via Storyful