A MAN has been charged with additional drugs offences as part of a two-year investigation into a hydroponic house in the state's Hunter Region.
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About 7.30pm on Saturday March 24, 2018, officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended a home on Honeysuckle Drive, Aberglasslyn, where they located a large amount of cannabis.
Officers established a crime scene, with Strike Force Devom set up to conduct an investigation into the alleged cultivation of cannabis.
Two days later, strike force detectives executed a search warrant at the property, which they will allege in court had been converted into a hydroponic house.
Officers located and seized a number of items, including 321 cannabis plants and over 22 kilograms of loose cannabis leaf.
As part of ongoing inquiries, police attended a home on Dimmock Street at Hunterview, near Singleton, on Wednesday September 16, where officers allegedly located and dismantled an elaborate hydroponic setup.
A 28-year-old man was arrested and charged; he remains before the courts.
Following further inquiries, police issued the man a Court Attendance Notice for cultivate large commercial quantity of prohibited plant on Monday.
He is due to next appear at Muswellbrook Local Court on Monday November 16.
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