Cannabis operation leads to 17 arrests, Sunshine Coast

Police have charged 17 people on 67 drug and weapon offences as part of an operation targeting the unlawful production of cannabis on the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay Burnett areas.

From November 12 -16, as part of Operation Romeo Factor, detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Drug and Serious Crime Group executed 18 search warrants across the region including: Glass House Mountains, Nambour, Mount Coolum, Maleny and Glenwood.

As part of the operation, police seized approximately $474,600 worth of drugs including 156 cannabis plants and 12.365kg of dried cannabis.

Hydroponic growing systems, valued at $56,000 were located across 13 addresses. All were actively being used in the production of cannabis and were…