POLICE have seized $70,000 worth of cannabis after a raid on a property at Bakers Creek.
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A 52-year-old and a 24-year-old man, both from Bakers Creek, have been charged.
About 4.30pm on February 20 police attended a property on Bakers Creek Rd.
Officers searched the area and located a quantity of cannabis.
During a further search police located a small wooden bungalow where cannabis was being grown hydroponically.
Inside the bungalow were five separate grow rooms with artificial high density lighting, transformers and timers.
Police seized plants ranging from 1m tall to seedlings with an estimated street value in excess of $70,000.
A further single cannabis plant was located in a pot outside a nearby open detached shed.
Police estimate the equipment used for the hydroponic set-up to be worth several thousand dollars.
The 52-year-old man has been charged with knowingly cultivating a prohibited plant while his 24-year-old co-accused has been charged with supplying a prohibited drug, possessing a prohibited plant and cultivating a prohibited plant.
