Three folks have been arrested and a haul of greater than 760 hashish crops seized after a nine-month investigation in Melbourne's south-east.
The investigation started on December 1 final yr, when detectives allegedly found a hydroponic set-up at a Peter Courtroom handle in Narre Warren.
Police seized 314 hashish crops there, however made no arrests.
On August 24 this yr, police carried out one other search warrant at a Hawkseye Method, Cranbourne East property, the place one other hydroponic set-up was situated, with 264 crops seized.
The investigation continued till September 30, when detectives arrived at a property in Abayo Crescent, Cranbourne South.
Police allegedly discovered 185 hashish crops there, together with three males.
Two of the lads are alleged to have fled from police, scaling the fences of neighbouring properties, earlier than being arrested shortly after.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with a variety of drug offences. Police will allege the Seabrook man was answerable for the Cranbourne East and Cranbourne South develop homes.
One other 27-year-old man, from Noble Park, can be alleged to be linked to the Narre Warren develop home found final December.
A 28-year-old man from St Albans has additionally been charged. Police declare he was linked to the develop home in Cranbourne South.
Police can even allege a 27-year-old male from Noble Park arrested on 30 September was linked to the hydroponic setup uncovered on the Peter Courtroom, Narre Warren handle on 1 December final yr.
He has been charged with quite a lot of offences, together with cultivating a industrial amount of hashish, trafficking a industrial amount of hashish, and theft of energy. He has been remanded to seem earlier than Melbourne Magistrates Courtroom at a later date.
One other male, aged 28 from St Albans, has been charged with cultivating a industrial amount of hashish, trafficking a industrial amount of hashish, and theft of energy in connection to the alleged crop home in Cranbourne South. He has been remanded to seem earlier than Melbourne Magistrates Courtroom a later date.
Quotes attributable to Inspector Melissa Webbers:
"We make completely no apologies for focusing on these cultivating or manufacturing medicine.
"The cultivation of hashish has quite a lot of dire penalties for the neighborhood, together with financially funding additional felony exercise, highway trauma brought on by impaired drivers, and flow-on psychological well being impacts.
"We search the general public's continued help by contacting police in the event that they observe or hear any suspicious behaviour such because the overlaying or blacking out of home windows, sturdy plant smells and weird automobile or pedestrian motion."