THE seizure of 190 cannabis plants valued at up to $640,000 from a Frankston Heights property may put a small dent in the supply of illicit drugs in the city.
Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Jayson Hamilton-Smith, of Frankston CIU, said the mature hydroponically-grown plants weighing 80kg were found at a Heatherhill Rd “crop house” in the raid, Monday 9 January.
A 20-year-old man renting the property was arrested and remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 4 April charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of a drug of dependence.
Detective Hamilton-Smith said electricity was being illegally sourced from the grid and was bypassing the property’s meter.