Barry said four overseas nationals were arrested and charged with drug-related offences. They have since appeared in Manukau District Court and were remanded in custody until they reappear in court on April 27.
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Bottles of flowering additives, which retail at over $100, could be seen in the skip. “The police asset recovery unit attended the search warrants and is assessing the offending with a view to restraining properties tainted by this commercial operation,” Barry said. “During the execution of the warrants, equipment used to facilitate the growing operation was disposed of. This equipment had no evidential value and had been approved for destruction.”
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The remains of a large scale marijuana growing set-up sits in a rubbish skip outside an address raided by police.
Police busted an Auckland townhouse being used to cultivate marijuana on Friday and left behind a rubbish skip full of growing equipment and the dregs of a marijuana crop. Police confirmed a search warrant was carried out at an address on Houkura Way, Sandringham after
Stuff visited and found the remains of the growing operation. “Two males were arrested and charged with cannabis cultivation, they will appear in the Counties Manukau District Court at a later date,” a police spokeswoman said.