Green recovery: man charged after Sydney police raid finds $30,000 in bonsai plants

[Sumo Savage]

Canley Vale 44-year-old accused of recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime and having stolen goods

A man has been charged after 45 stolen bonsai plants worth $30,000 were found at his property in Sydney’s south-west.

Police say they seized the valuable miniature plants from the backyard of a home at Canley Vale last Friday.

A 44-year-old man was arrested and charged with recklessly dealing with the proceeds of crime and having stolen goods.

The man has been granted strict conditional bail to appear in Fairfield local court on 15 January.

Police are now trying to match the recovered plants with their owners and are asking anyone who has had bonsai stolen to contact Fairfield City police area command.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... sai-plants

[LLK]

Well, and isn't that good news?!
I keep my fingers crossed for the Port Macquarie owners who had bonsai stolen recently, as well as in 2019. ....And of course for any other bereft bonsai growers. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
Let us hope that police can discover more about a possible bonsai crime network.

Lisa

[legoman_iac]

Ideally all trees can be returned to their rightful owners, but if not, this'll be the first police auction I'll be attending!