Alleged mushroom poisoning: five iPads and other devices sniffed out by police dogs at Erin Patterson’s Leongatha home

Australian federal police tell Senate estimates that the electronics were not found during initial searches

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Five iPads, a mobile phone, a USB and a smartwatch were among items found by sniffer dogs at the home of the Victorian woman at the centre of an alleged mushroom poisoning plot during a six-hour police raid last year, Senate estimates has heard.

The Australian federal police deployed technology detector dogs to help Victoria police execute a search warrant at Erin Patterson's Leongatha home, in the state's south-east, last November.

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