<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dramatic footage has captured the moment five men appeared to flee police as officers raided a suspected $10 million cannabis growing operation in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victoria's "><span>Victoria's</span></a><span> north-west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The foreign nationals were found on a 324-acre property police were raiding in Milnes Bridge, near Kerang, on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ten large greenhouses were uncovered by officers on the rural acreage, which allegedly contained 4700 cannabis plants.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/liberal-party-leadership-spill-angus-taylor-defeats-sussan-ley/e02a6189-6fb5-4262-af53-7c5acea1c826" target="_blank"><strong><span>Angus Taylor emerges victorious from leadership spill, ousting Sussan Ley as opposition leader after just nine months</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The five men attempted to flee from the property on foot, sprinting across the bush and jumping a fence, police allege.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three of the men allegedly jumped into a nearby irrigation channel in their desperate attempts to flee.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers eventually caught up with four of the men and arrested them.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/victorian-cannabis-bust-men-allegedly-flee-into-bush-after-police-bust-10-million-cannabis-crop/1fb01ead-a614-4101-ac4f-ef2242dc63fe" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The men – a 39-year-old, 41-year-old and two 51-year-olds were charged with cultivating and trafficking a large commercial quantity of cannabis.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They faced Bendigo Magistrates' Court on Wednesday and were remanded to appear again on 13 May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A fifth man remains at large.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Forensic specialists spent three days dismantling the illicit crop houses.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The plants, which weighed more than 2.5 tonnes altogether, will be destroyed following forensic examination.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mystery-glove-found-in-search-for-nancy-guthrie/bf2b0c93-369d-43f9-a522-32ada6675912" target="_blank"><strong><span>Mystery gloves found in search for Nancy Guthrie</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police also seized electronic devices, CCTV hardware and items allegedly used to bypass electricity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detective Acting Inspector Matt Pascoe called the alleged cannabis bust "a win for community safety".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know the cultivation and trafficking of drugs is what fuels organised crime groups," Pascoe said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Police remain committed to targeting those in the production of illicit drugs and those involved in this activity should know we have you in our sights.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This investigation remains ongoing and we implore anyone with information to come forward to police."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><strong><span> </span></strong><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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