Keilor residents have called on Brimbank council and Keilor Downs police to keep a closer eye on a back road after growing pots and the remnants of what are believed to be marijuana plants were found there earlier this month.
Star Weekly was tipped off last Wednesday that up to 150 pots, believed to be “the remnants of an illegal drug crop”, had been dumped the previous Sunday about 500 metres along Milburn Road from Arundel Road.
“It’s been sitting there the past four days, strewn across the road,” the source said. “That road has become a massive dumping ground; now it’s drugs. It looks like the remnants of an illegal drug crop. Council and the police need to take a closer look.”
About 20 pots were left in two piles when the Star Weekly visited the scene. A resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said they’d noticed people in a van at the spot on Friday, June 3, between 8pm and 8.30pm.
“I heard a noise so I came outside,” the person said. “I noticed a drop-off – they were in a van. It was too dark to see much … they were definitely dope plants. You could smell it.
“Every night since Friday, people have been collecting stuff. The pile has been getting smaller and smaller.”
Keilor Downs police’s Acting Sergeant Trent Hewet said the pots were likely to be the remains of a cannabis growing operation.
“It appears it is,” he said. “[But] we’re not aware of this road being a dumping ground.”
Anybody with information can call Keilor Downs Police on 9365 3333 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
