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Van full of drugs

10/08/2016

Upon inspection of the van police allegedly found 78 cannabis plants and seedlings.

A VAN allegedly full to the brim with cannabis plants has been intercepted by police in Cranbourne.
Casey Highway Patrol members stopped the white Mercedes van about 10.55pm on Tuesday 9 August on High Street after it was detected to have a suspended registration.
But upon inspection police allegedly found 78 cannabis plants and seedlings.
The two occupants of the car were immediately arrested.
The 22-year-old man and 40-year-old man, both Vietnamese nationals, were charged with drug offences and remanded to appear in the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court.

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