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Police have charged a man with drug offences after a grow-house was located in the state's south.
About 7am on Friday 9 January 2026, officers attached to Region Enforcement Squad, with assistance from Southern Region Operation Support Group and Riverina Police District executed a search warrant at a home in Lake Albert.
Officers seized 6 cannabis plants, 2.37grams of cocaine and 5 vials of liquid steroids.
A 50-year-old man was arrested and taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station.
He was charged with cultivate prohibited plant greater than small and less than indictable quantity and two counts of possess prohibited drug.
He was refused bail and appeared in Bail Division Court 5 on Saturday 10 January 2026, where he was granted conditional bail to appear in Wagga Wagga Local Court on Wednesday 4 February 2026.
