{"id":7389,"date":"2025-05-02T18:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2025-05-02T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:04:38","slug":"stonnington-%c2%bcmil-drug-raid-at-east-malvern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2025\/05\/02\/stonnington-%c2%bcmil-drug-raid-at-east-malvern\/","title":{"rendered":"STONNINGTON: $\u00bcmil. drug raid at East Malvern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have dismantled a crop house in East Malvern, seizing almost a quarter of a million dollars\u2019 worth of cannabis.<br>A tree fell onto a neighbouring powerline, with the energy company then noticing a bypass of electricity to the home, which sparked the police investigation.<br>Following enquiries, the Prahran Divisional Response Unit \u2013 with assistance from the Critical Incident Response Team \u2013 executed a search warrant a home on Batesford Rd, East Malvern, just before 5.30am on Thursday (May 1).<br>During a search of the property, police seized 90 cannabis plants \u2013 39 of which were ready to harvest, and another 51 in various stages of maturity.<br>Estimated potential street value of the narcotic plants is $246,000.<br>The rental property was not occupied at the time and no arrests have yet been made.<br>Prahran Divisional Response Unit Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Ishac said: \u201cThe cultivation of cannabis is often used to fund further criminal undertakings that cause harm, so seizing such a large amount from traffickers before it can be on sold is extremely satisfying.<br>\u201cCrop houses can often go undetected, so the information that the community provides is invaluable.<br>\u201cSome indicators of a potential crop house include the blinds staying closed or blacked-out windows, excess external wiring or cables, and occupants who are rarely seen, and when they are, it is often at unusual hours.<br>\u201cIf you suspect a property in your neighbourhood may be a crop house, please make a report via Crime Stoppers.\u201d<br><br><strong>File Image<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have dismantled a crop house in East Malvern, seizing almost a quarter of a million dollars\u2019 worth of cannabis.A tree fell onto a neighbouring powerline, with the energy company then noticing a bypass of electricity to the home, which sparked the police investigation.Following enquiries, the Prahran Divisional Response Unit \u2013 with assistance from the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7395,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions\/7395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}