Firefighters called to a garage blaze in Albion Park on Wednesday night discovered a hydroponic cannabis set-up, police said yesterday.
Firefighters were called to an address in O'Gorman St about 8.30pm and after extinguishing the blaze found the drug set-up.
Police established a mobile command post at the house and found four mature cannabis plants with a street value of about $8000. They also found heating lamps, transformers and electrical equipment associated with the hydroponics.
A 31-year-old woman was arrested yesterday and later charged with cultivating a prohibited plant.
She will appear in Albion Park Local Court on August 5.
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