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As at 30 June Task Force Morpheus had resulted in: � 906 people arrested on 2043 charges � 441 search warrants executed � 207 firearms and 6162 rounds of ammunition seized � 12 motor vehicles and nine Harley Davidson motor cycles seized � more than $1.35 million cash seized � seizures of 43 kilograms and three litres of methylamphetamine, 55.7 kilograms of cannabis and 586 cannabis plants, 2703 steroid pills and other quantities of unlawfully possessed substances including prescription drugs.

Approved by the Board in December 2012 and extended until 30 June 2015, the Task Force has already achieved significant traditional law enforcement outcomes, including: � seizing more than $37.86 million cash � seizing drugs and precursors with a combined estimated street value of more than $642 million through seizures in all states � dismantling the largest ever clan lab discovered in Victoria � discovering the largest indoor hydroponic cannabis crop in New South Wales � seizing one of the largest amounts of liquid methylamphetamine in Victoria (365 litres in April 2013 in Melbourne) � restraining more than $30 million worth of assets and the referral of over 150 entities to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for suspected money laundering/tax evasion � disrupting 25 serious and organised criminal groups/networks � identifying more than 180 targets previously unknown to law enforcement � arresting 167 people on 362 charges, including many serious drug

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A large percentage of the Priority 1 and Priority 2 electrical breaches were identified during OTR audits conducted with SAPOL on premises that were cultivating cannabis.

OFFICIAL OFFICIAL 2020-21 ANNUAL REPORT for SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE 23 | P a g e Total General Expiations, Cannabis Expiations and Drug Diversions Note: to align with SAPOL’s regular monthly crime data reporting the previously published 2019-20 data has been refreshed.

In particular, the Board has noted a rapid increase in the prescription of medicinal cannabis and other drugs of addiction to offenders subject to Parole and Extended Supervision Orders and the Board is assessing how the prescription of these types of drugs may be restricted to offenders subject to supervision by the Board.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, without notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable him to move that the Order made on Thursday, 28 November 2002 for the second reading of the Controlled Substances (Cannabis) Amendment Bill to be an Order of the Day for Wednesday, 4 November 2002, be rescinded and for the Bill to be taken into consideration forthwith. ????????????????

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FRANKS: What is the status of the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis?