Hydroponic setup located - Branch, near Karuah

Two hydroponic set-ups have been uncovered during a search warrant at a Hunter home yesterday.

About 9am (Wednesday 27 November 2019), officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District sectors attended a home on Warraba Road, The Branch, and spoke with a 36-year-old man.

Police executed a search warrant at the property where they allegedly located and seized more than 11kg of hydroponic cannabis, several cannabis plants, two hydroponic cannabis setups and drug paraphernalia.

It's estimated the street value of the cannabis seized is more than $150,000.

The 36-year-old man was issued with a court attendance notice for the offences of cultivate prohibited plant, possess prohibited plant, possess prohibited drug and supply an indictable quantity of prohibited drug.

He is due to face Dungog Local Court on Wednesday 15 January 2020.

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