Police have issued a stern warning to landlords after hundreds of cannabis plants were seized in drug busts involving million-dollar Auckland rental properties.
Police this afternoon said they had executed search warrants at eight houses in Papakura and East Auckland yesterday. Three people were arrested and six houses were found to contain cannabis growing rooms.
Five of the six houses were rented, and some were million-dollar-plus properties.
Each house had an elaborate growing set up with an average of 60 to 80 cannabis plants of various age and size.
Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Tiernan, who headed the investigation, said the houses had sustained some damage as a result of the activity.