Chook shed hides drugs
AN underground marijuana plant accessed via a chook shed was uncovered by police at Trida near Hallston last Wednesday.
Four shipping containers linked by a network of tunnels were searched by detectives from the Victoria Police Crime Department and drug squad in Melbourne, who executed a search warrant on the farm at about 10am.
The farm at Allman’s Road was excavated and the six metre long shipping containers were found buried in the ground.
They were used as a hot house to grow cannabis, connected to tunnels to allow access and breathing space for the plants.
The tunnels were made of steel frame works with timber over the top, and connected to entrances in a chook shed and machinery shed.
The entrances were well hidden, unable to be seen from a distance.
Big cables were used to provide the containers with electricity, the source of which is still a mystery.
The current owners of the property, who lived at the farm for more than two years, are not being treated as suspects, but are assisting police.
The owners were first alarmed when they realised their ground was sinking, but suspected nothing until the police moved in last Wednesday.
Investigations regarding the owner of the shipping containers and individuals involved in the operation are ongoing.
The shipping containers are too large to be moved out of the ground, so will be filled in with soil.
HAZMAT crews from the Leongatha and Warragul CFAs were on standby in case of emergency.
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