A 54-year-old farmer of Mackenzie, Linden, who was wanted for questioning by police in relation to a report of Simple larceny, was yesterday arrested at his Karakara Mackenzie home with 450 grams of cannabis.
According to the Police, shortly after his arrest, he took a team of officers to his farm located in the said area, where he showed them an acre of cannabis cultivation with plants measuring 1 foot to 4 feet in height.
The Police then set fire to the cultivation and destroyed it.
The 54-year-old is being processed for court.
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