AUCKLAND: Police have arrested a 35-year-old man after they located 268 cannabis plants at a Papakura address.
Police arrived at the house on an unrelated matter and invoked the Search and Surveillance Act after officers smelt cannabis.
Upon entry they found a large drug operation being carried out and seized almost 1.4kg of dried cannabis as well as hundreds of plants in various stages of maturity.
Detective Senior Sergeant Rod Honan of Papakura CIB says the clandestine operation was one of the more sophisticated setups they have located recently.
“From the outside of this property nothing appeared to be out of the ordinary.
Three growing rooms were revealed and a large amount of cannabis seized.
“It’s really important that people report all suspicious behaviour to Police; in this case, it was just by luck that officers were able to uncover what was going on and get the drugs off our streets.
