A 39-year-old St Albans man was one of three people arrested after a large cannabis crop house was located in Tooradin on Wednesday, July 16.
Police executed a search warrant at a rural property on Hardys Road and seized more than 1200 cannabis plants.
The commercial quantity of the plants has an estimated potential street value of approximately $3.6 million.
It is alleged the property was illegally hooked up to the electricity supply in the street, which required specialist resources to isolate prior to police entering.
The St Albans man and a 43-year old man of no fixed address allegedly attempted to flee the property on foot but were arrested with assistance of the local drone unit the dog squad.
They were both charged with cultivating large commercial quantities of cannabis and remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in July.
A 48-year-old Doncaster man was also arrested and interviewed, and is expected to be charged on summons.
