Three people will face court after police dismantled an elaborate hydroponic set-up in the Upper Hunter on Friday afternoon.
As a result, cannabis with an estimated potential street value of $1.5 million was seized.
Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District began an investigation in March after information was received that a building in Muswellbrook was being used to cultivate the drug.
Following inquiries, they executed a search warrant at a home on Woollybutt Way about 3.40pm on 26 July.
Police located a hydroponic set-up and harvested drugs with an estimated potential street value of more than $1.1 million, as well as more than 200 plants approximately worth about $400,000.
Two men, aged 41 and 45, and a 35-year-old woman were arrested at the scene.
They were taken to Muswellbrook Police Station and charged with knowingly take part in the cultivation of cannabis plants large commercial quantity, and take part in the supply of cannabis leaf commercial.
They were all refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Saturday 27 July.
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