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There is cannabis.

Operation Mantle seized 347 247 grams of dried cannabis; 3025 cannabis plants; 51 459.6 grams of amphetamines; 352 grams of heroin; 42.9 grams of cocaine; 19 2209 ecstasy tablets; 126 LDS tabs; and $758 000 in cash.

The whistleblower became suspicious, as a TV is not an item usually seized as an exhibit from a cannabis grow house.

Regulations referred to: Controlled Substances Act 1984 — Regulations — Simple Cannabis Offences Housing and Urban Development (Administrative Arrangements) Act 1995 — Regulations — Functions of HomeStart ROUSE OF ASSEMBLY I A n". " 5 JUN 2002 5.6.02 HON C ZOLLO MLC PRESIDING MEMBER Page 1 Page 2

Three illegal firearms, $3 500 cash, eight cannabis plants, 30 grams of methamphetamine and three kilograms of dried cannabis were also seized.

Operation Culture Operation Culture was initiated in response to intelligence in two states that identified a group from South Australia involved in the large scale cultivation of cannabis.

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(2) Subclause (1) applies to the following offences: (a) an indictable offence; (b) common assault or an offence of violence; (c) a summary offence against Part 5 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935; (d) an offence against the Controlled Substances Act 1984 involving a prohibited substance or a drug of dependence, other than a simple cannabis offence within the meaning of section 45A of that Act; (e) an offence against the Firearms Act 1977, other than an offence against section 15C, 18, 21A, 21AB 0r26 of that Act; (f) an offence against section 15 or 15A of the Summary Offences Act 1953; (g) an offence against the Police Act 1998; (h) an offence against the Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972; (i) an offence against the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; (j) an offence against the Act or these regulations; (k) an offence substantially similar to any of the above offences against the law of the Commonwealth, another

It also resulted in the recovery of 5.6 kilograms of cannabis, 5 grams of ecstasy, 93.5 litres of alcohol, 1.5 litres of petrol and 1 vehicle.