A 34-year-old Vietnamese man found with almost $375,000 in his hire car as he drove through Western Australia’s Goldfields region has been found guilty of bankrolling a cannabis grow house.
Xuan Viet Cu was pulled over by police between Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie in October 2017.
Officers found bundles of cash and a property lease for a Wongan Hills address where 315 cannabis plants were found in a sophisticated hydroponics set up.
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READ NOWCu was found guilty by a District Court of WA jury on Monday and will face a sentencing hearing on Tuesday.