This year's annual cannabis operation on the Coast netted less than half the number of cannabis plants found last year when police used helicopters in the search.
Police announced yesterday they had seized 1300 cannabis plants across the Coast and would charge seven people in relation to the operation.
They made no mention of any methamphetamine finds.
The amount of cannabis seized was just 43 percent of what police pounced on last year.
In March 2016, 3000 plants were recovered across the Coast and 13 men charged. Police used an air force NH90 helicopter to reach difficult to access areas.