The 250 hashish crops have been seized at a hashish rising website close to the Whanganui River.
Police have arrested a 75-year-old man and seized 250 hashish crops after a search warrant at a website close to the Whanganui River.
The land had beforehand been the topic of an software to develop hemp.
The plot, recognized as a part of Operation Emerald which targets large-scale drug cultivation, was in an remoted space inland of Raetihi, close to the Whanganui River and never accessible by highway.
Detective Inspector Paul Baskett, Central District discipline crime supervisor, stated the authority to develop hemp had expired in 2021.
“The crew have been in a position to set up good trigger to suspect that hashish was being grown up there in giant tunnel homes,” Baskett stated.