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  • Police destroy more than $11m worth of cannabis

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 1 12:21:22 2023
    ABC Central Victoria

    Police destroy more than $11m worth of cannabis after aerial raids on
    regional properties

    Victorian Special Operations Group police have launched a series of
    aerial raids on remote central Victorian properties to seize more than
    $11m worth of cannabis.
    ..
    ..
    Police said the property had infrastructure to support cannabis
    cultivation, including large, freshly dug dams, irrigation pumps, a
    large number of solar panels and a generator.
    ...
    ...
    Five Vietnamese nationals, all charged with cultivating large
    commercial quantities of cannabis, have been remanded to appear at
    Bendigo Magistrates' Court in March.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-01/11-million-dollar-cannabis-bust-central-victoria/103177540

    Five Vietnamese nationals,

    Highly unlikely they funded these 'farms'....

    With satellite photos and using AI, above ground 'farms' can be ID'ed.

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Dec 2 13:57:09 2023
    On 2023-12-01, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    ABC Central Victoria

    Police destroy more than $11m worth of cannabis after aerial raids on regional properties
    ...
    Five Vietnamese nationals, all charged with cultivating large
    commercial quantities of cannabis, have been remanded to appear at
    Bendigo Magistrates' Court in March.



    Highly unlikely they funded these 'farms'....


    What a waste. I've got some friends who would have destroyed that
    motherlode of weed the old fashioned way, one spliff at a time. Follow
    the money lads, and let's see which big operation funded these farmers.
    Weed is big business now, not the stuff of clandestine military raids,
    WTF?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat Dec 2 11:59:33 2023
    On Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:57:09 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    What a waste.

    "North Central Victoria is a rural region in the Australian state of
    Victoria. "

    I'm not familiar with Australian politics, but I would suspect the alcohol/tavern businesses would strongly object to cannabis usage.

    Anytime an industry is threatened with another industry creeping in on
    its "turf," they will attempt to eliminate it, etc.

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