Police raid cotton farm over alleged Murray-Darling water fraud

Cotton farm in Queensland's Goondiwindi searched as part of probe into alleged misuse of state-administered grants

A police raid on a Queensland cotton farm came two months after detectives launched a formal investigation of alleged fraud involving millions of dollars of federal funds earmarked for Murray-Darling water savings.

Detectives from the major and organised rural crime squad raided Norman Farming at Goondiwindi on Tuesday as part of a probe into the alleged misuse of state-administered grants.