New data has confirmed cannabis dealers are running amok in NSW’s regional towns, with one Central Coast town recording more than four times as many weed dealers as any other NSW postcode.
Figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics reveal where most cannabis dealers plied their trade across NSW between March 2019 and March 2020.
Bateau Bay, Long Jetty and The Entrance on the state’s Central Coast recorded a whopping 206 cannabis dealers – more than four times as many as Queanbeyan, which recorded the second-highest number of weed dealers with 45.
Goulburn recorded 33 cannabis dealers, while Paddington, Sydney, Lismore, Mudgee, Coonabarabran, Merewether and Albury rounded out the top 10 postcodes with the most cannabis dealers across NSW.
Specialist detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad have made several arrests and seized significant quantities of cannabis in Sydney and the state’s north.
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