7NEWS Australia published this video item, entitled “Police seize $12 million in Melbourne drug raids | 7NEWS” – below is their description.
$12 million worth of cannabis has been taken off the streets. Police seized the drugs in a series of raids across Melbourne.
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Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network and, as of 2016, the highest-rating in Australia. The news service draws upon overseas channels for select international coverage. The network’s Director of News and Current Affairs is Craig McPherson.
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant. Native to Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines for centuries.
Melbourne is the coastal capital of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. Population: 4.936 million (2018).
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.
