Police dressed in camouflage and armed with machetes and dogs took 3374 cannabis plants from the Northern Rivers area last week. According to police calculations that's $7.5 million worth of marijuana. (About $2200 per plant.)

Strike Force Hyperion, using the drug squad's Cannabis Team, with assistance from the NSW Police Air Wing, Police Dog Unit, Radio Electronics Unit and officers from Richmond Local Area Command, raided 60 cannabis plots in Kippenduff, Rappville, Clearfield, Busby Flat, Mummulgum, Bulldog, Drake, Nimbin, Blue Knob, Kyogle and Tabulam.

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