<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>336320</docID> <postdate>2025-01-09 13:36:54</postdate> <headline>Man arrested after Kaleen drug bust</headline> <body><div></div> <div> <p><img class="size-full wp-image-336321" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250108-Operation-Margate-Kaleen-01-resized.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>The "sophisticated hydroponic set up" at the Kaleen grow house.</caption> <p><strong>Major Crime Squad officers have busted a grow house of more than 150 cannabis plants in Kaleen and arrested a 36-year-old man.</strong></p> <p>Police described it as a "sophisticated hydroponic set up" cultivating 156 cannabis plants.</p> </div> <div> <p>There was also extensive damage to the interior of the home and evidence of unauthorised electrical work used to bypass the electricity meter.</p> </div> <div> <p>The man has been charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of a controlled plant, possessing equipment used to cultivate controlled plants, theft, and unauthorised use of electricity.</p> </div> <div></div> <div> <p> </p> </div> </body>