A MAN from Crowther will be sentenced in the District Court after admitting to involvement in cultivating a $5 million cannabis crop.
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Malcolm Roy Howarth pleaded guilty in Young Local Court on Tuesday to knowingly taking part in the cultivation of a large commercial quantity of a prohibited plant.
Police officers involved in the ongoing anti-drug operation called Strike Force Oceanic raided a Crowther property on February 12, leading to Howarth's arrest.
The police found 2750 cannabis plants ranging in height from 15cm to 70cm.
The raid was part of a simultaneous sweep across southern NSW which also allegedly netted $9 million worth of ice in a car near Gundagai, also on February 12.
A property at Yenda was also searched.
A number of men are before the court on the south coast in relation to the alleged ice find at Gundagai.
Young Local Court heard that agreed facts had not yet been settled between the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Howarth's legal representatives.
They are expected to be finalised before Howarth's case is mentioned in Queanbeyan District Court on December 8.
