Major Drug Squad (MDS) detectives have seized one of Victoria’s largest cannabis hauls in recent times which uncovered more than 6000 plants in Leongatha South.
Officers from the MDS, along with Morwell Divisional Response Unit and local uniform officers, executed a search warrant at the Koonwarra Inverloch Road rural property in Leongatha South about 7.45am on Tuesday, 22 October.
Four men and one woman were arrested at the address and a sophisticated hydroponic set-up was discovered in several commercial-sized hot houses.
Plants located ranged from seedlings through to mature-sized plants weighing in at 1.7 tonnes.
It’s estimated the overall crop of 6525 plants would have a street value of more than $26 million.
The five Vietnamese nationals arrested – aged 54, 51, 47, 35 and 25 – were all charged with cultivate and trafficking a commercial quantity of cannabis.
They were remanded to appear in Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court on 7 March 2025.
