Often here in Victoria we wonder what those people in New South Wales have been smoking, well now we know:

A MAN will face court today charged with growing some of the largest cannabis plants NSW police say they have ever seen.

A 55-year-old man from the southern Sydney suburb of Brighton-le-Sands will appear in Kogarah Local Court today after police discovered the plants, some up to 3m tall.

Police raided two properties at Campsie and Brighton-le-Sands just before 4pm yesterday.

The property in Campsie allegedly had 72 cannabis plants of various sizes growing in an extensive hydroponic set-up.

The street value of the plants has been estimated at $360,000.