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Police concerned about backyard drug mix
POLICE say backyard chemistry was behind a massive scale drug operation running out of a Port Macquarie industrial area motorbike shop.
Three men, including a local business owner and his son are now facing a number of charges, after police raided a Jindalee Road business and seized almost $1 million of drugs.
Police will allege 45-year-old Blair Wylde-Browne, and his 23-year-old son Allen John Wylde-Browne were manufacturing and supplying drugs out of North Coast Quads. It will also be alleged co-accused 49-year-old David Angus Styles was a part of their operations and used his home as a drug “safe house”.
Police searched the local business, and two Port Macquarie homes during three simultaneous raids on Thursday afternoon.
North Coast Quads owner Blair Wylde-Brown was driving away from the shop in a Lexus at 2.30pm when police stopped him.
His son Allen, who is reportedly the manager of the shop, was then found and arrested inside the building.
At roughly the same time, another group of officers raided Styles’ Golf Street home.
Police reportedly found more than 6500 tablets, 15kg of pink precursor base powder which the prohibited drug methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), and a pill press machine.
Police charge sheets said black pills and powder were found lying on the floor and on benchtops in the home's office area of the business.
A total of $825,000 worth of drugs were reportedly found at Styles' home, including thousands of finished designer pills hidden in a plastic tub.
Port Macquarie Police Chief Inspector Shane Cribb said the large haul will have a significant impact on drug supply not only in Port Macquarie, but across the country.
"It's an extremely large find - it's massive - especially for a regional area," Chief Inspector Cribb told the Port News.
He praised the work of a large group of officers from the Mid North Coast Local Area Command who worked on the investigation "day and night for a considerable time".
Earlier this year, investigators attached to Port Macquarie detectives initiated Operation FOGO to investigate the alleged illegal dealings of the Wylde-Browns.
A number of warrants allowed for the extensive surveillance of their local business.
Police will claim North Coast Quads operated as a bike sales and repair centre, but a major component of its income stemmed from drug manufacture and supply.
Chief Inspector Cribb said the most frightening aspect of the find, was in the way the drugs were made
"They [backyard chemists] mix-up a number of chemicals to form this tablet without any sort of idea what they're doing," Chief Inspector Cribb said.
"It's a concern for the town, and it's a concern for the people who are out there taking these pills."
The three men - all fathers - were refused bail after appearing at the Port Macquarie Local Court on Friday.
http://www.portnews.com.au/story/1793159/police-concerned-about-backyard-drug-mix/?cs=256
POLICE say backyard chemistry was behind a massive scale drug operation running out of a Port Macquarie industrial area motorbike shop.
Three men, including a local business owner and his son are now facing a number of charges, after police raided a Jindalee Road business and seized almost $1 million of drugs.
Police will allege 45-year-old Blair Wylde-Browne, and his 23-year-old son Allen John Wylde-Browne were manufacturing and supplying drugs out of North Coast Quads. It will also be alleged co-accused 49-year-old David Angus Styles was a part of their operations and used his home as a drug “safe house”.
Police searched the local business, and two Port Macquarie homes during three simultaneous raids on Thursday afternoon.
North Coast Quads owner Blair Wylde-Brown was driving away from the shop in a Lexus at 2.30pm when police stopped him.
His son Allen, who is reportedly the manager of the shop, was then found and arrested inside the building.
At roughly the same time, another group of officers raided Styles’ Golf Street home.
Police reportedly found more than 6500 tablets, 15kg of pink precursor base powder which the prohibited drug methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), and a pill press machine.
Police charge sheets said black pills and powder were found lying on the floor and on benchtops in the home's office area of the business.
A total of $825,000 worth of drugs were reportedly found at Styles' home, including thousands of finished designer pills hidden in a plastic tub.
Port Macquarie Police Chief Inspector Shane Cribb said the large haul will have a significant impact on drug supply not only in Port Macquarie, but across the country.
"It's an extremely large find - it's massive - especially for a regional area," Chief Inspector Cribb told the Port News.
He praised the work of a large group of officers from the Mid North Coast Local Area Command who worked on the investigation "day and night for a considerable time".
Earlier this year, investigators attached to Port Macquarie detectives initiated Operation FOGO to investigate the alleged illegal dealings of the Wylde-Browns.
A number of warrants allowed for the extensive surveillance of their local business.
Police will claim North Coast Quads operated as a bike sales and repair centre, but a major component of its income stemmed from drug manufacture and supply.
Chief Inspector Cribb said the most frightening aspect of the find, was in the way the drugs were made
"They [backyard chemists] mix-up a number of chemicals to form this tablet without any sort of idea what they're doing," Chief Inspector Cribb said.
"It's a concern for the town, and it's a concern for the people who are out there taking these pills."
The three men - all fathers - were refused bail after appearing at the Port Macquarie Local Court on Friday.
http://www.portnews.com.au/story/1793159/police-concerned-about-backyard-drug-mix/?cs=256