BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 10 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:
Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command State Drug Squad have charged two people and destroyed a large cannabis crop on a rural farm in Bundaberg as part of ongoing investigations into a national drug syndicate.
Operation Whiskey Unearth was established in November 2024 after detectives identified organised crime groups were allegedly purchasing isolated farms in rural Queensland, including a property on Campaninis Road, Redridge, to grow large amounts of cannabis for distribution to national markets.
After months of extensive investigations, with the assistance of the Wide Bay Tactical Crime Squad and Dog Squad, and Bundaberg police...