Arrests following drug raids in northern suburbs

Detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Branch together with officers from across SAPOL, conducted a series of searches as part of Operation Glasshouse, an investigation into the large commercial cultivation of cannabis.

A total of eight semi-rural and northern suburbs properties were searched and a total of 3190 cannabis plants seized.  Several items of prescribed equipment were also seized.

A 42-year-old man from Virginia, a 40-year-old man from Paralowie, a 44-year-old man from Salisbury North and a 21-year-old man of n fixed address were all arrested and charged with cultivating a large commercial quantity of…