Raids net cannabis and meth pipes

Mt Barker police have charged two locals with a range of drug offences after executing search warrants at two separate properties in the town earlier this month. Acting on intelligence and with assistance from the WA Police Canine Unit, Mt Barker police raided two homes on February 17 under the misuse of drugs act. A 55-year-old woman and 27-year-old man have been charged after officers allegedly found prohibited drugs, plants and drug paraphernalia during the searches. Police say they were targeting the use and/or possession of methamphetamine. As a result of the search warrants, police charged the 55-year-old woman with possessing a prohibited drug, cultivating a prohibited plant and possessing drug paraphernalia. Police allege they found nine mature cannabis plants measuring about 1.5m tall in the backyard of the home where she was the occupant. After the second raid, police charged the 27-year-old man with possession of a prohibited drug, possessing a prohibited plant and possessing drug paraphernalia. It is alleged they found meth-amphetamine pipes in the home of the male. The pair will face Albany Magistrate’s Court next month. “It was a targeted operation and we were searching for meth,” Mt Barker officer-in-charge Sergeant David Johnson said. “We were able to seize a reasonable quantity of cannabis, along with a quantity of meth pipes from the two properties. Drug operations can be hit-and-miss but this is still an important seizure.”