{"id":40032,"date":"2026-07-22T09:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=40032"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:53:09","slug":"520k-cannabis-seized-following-search-warrant-cessnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/520k-cannabis-seized-following-search-warrant-cessnock\/","title":{"rendered":"$520k cannabis seized following search warrant \u2013 Cessnock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectives have seized cannabis following a search warrant at a Hunter Valley this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 7.30am (Tuesday 21 July 2026), Hunter Valley Detectives and the Hunter Valley Proactive Crime Team attended a home in Cessnock to execute a search warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a search of the home, officers located an elaborate hydroponic cannabis cultivation setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police seized a total of 260 mature cannabis plants with an estimated potential street value of $520,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers also seized cannabis seedlings, dried cannabis, and hydroponic equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The premises was found to be illegally connected to the power grid and was disconnected with the assistance of a utility provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scene was forensically examined by specialist police, with inquiries into the incident continuing by Hunter Valley Police District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives have seized cannabis following a search warrant at a Hunter Valley this morning. About 7.30am (Tuesday 21 July 2026), Hunter Valley Detectives and the Hunter Valley Proactive Crime Team attended a home in Cessnock to execute a search warrant. During a search of the home, officers located an elaborate hydroponic cannabis cultivation setup. Police &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/520k-cannabis-seized-following-search-warrant-cessnock\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$520k cannabis seized following search warrant \u2013 Cessnock&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40033,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40032\/revisions\/40033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}