Seventeen people have been charged on 67 drug and weapon offences as part of a major operation targeting illegal cannabis on the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay Burnett.
Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Drug and Serious Crime Group executed 18 search warrants across the region including Glass House Mountains, Nambour, Mount Coolum, Maleny and Glenwood as part of Operation Romeo Factor from November 12 to 16.

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Police seized about $474,600 worth of drugs including 156 cannabis plants and 12.365kg of dried cannabis.
Hydroponic growing systems, valued at $56,000, were found across 13 addresses. Police allege all were actively being used in the production of cannabis and were subsequently destroyed.

Police have charged 17 people on 67 drug and weapon offences as part of an operation targeting the unlawful production of cannabis on the…
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