http://digbig.com/4gccw Paula Doneman,
"VIETNAMESE crime groups have emerged as one of the nation's major suppliers of hydroponically grown marijuana.
Police sources said the Australian-based groups' move into hydroponics was a shift from their long-standing involvement in the heroin trade. Hydroponics is now the biggest form of cannabis production in Queensland and growers are developing increasingly sophisticated methods. Drug Squad Detective Inspector Gordon Thompson said crops had been found mostly in suburban houses and to a lesser extent, on small farms. Drug growers were renting private homes from unsuspecting landlords and converting them to cannabis hothouses, he said. "
