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Two Sunshine Coast men have been jailed after being caught growing almost 400 marijuana plants in a sophisticated hydroponic set-up in the Mary Valley.
Eumundi's Steven John Douglas Best, 48, and Cooroy's Stephen John Halpin, 53, pleaded guilty in Gympie District Court on Thursday to multiple charges of producing and possessing the dangerous drug along and possessing items related to its production and use.
The court heard police seized 49.5kg of marijuana at a Carter's Ridge property, including 18kg of dried leaves.
The two men were growing the drug at a private property at Carters Ridge, south of Gympie.