The Australian/NZ Drug Busts Mega-Thread Part Deux

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Carey's brother charged in $20 million drug haul
Steve Butcher
July 3, 2009 - 1:38PM

Former AFL champion Wayne Carey's older brother Kevin has been arrested and charged by Federal Police over the alleged importation of chemicals that could have made $20 million of amphetamines.

Carey, 47, appeared today in Melbourne Magistrates Court and was bailed with two co-accused men.

Known as Dick, Carey was one of five people arrested in raids yesterday that included a South African man alleged to have organised an importation of precursor chemicals.

Australian Federal Police say they intercepted the consignment of multi-threaded rollers - which arrived in Sydney from South Africa on June 25 - and found 22.8 kilograms of norephedrine hydrochloride.

Police, who executed warrants in six locations in NSW, Queensland and Victoria yesterday, said in a statement the precursor chemical could make amphetamines worth $20 million.

Carey, of Bilambil Heights in northern NSW, appeared at a filing hearing before deputy chief magistrate Dan Muling on two charges including one of attempting to possess a border-controlled precursor chemical.

He is alleged to have transported the consignment through NSW to an address in Woodstock, Victoria, which arrived yesterday.

Commonwealth prosecutors and police consented to bail for Carey on conditions that included a $10,000 surety and reporting to police.

Represented by barrister Tony Burns, Carey was also ordered to surrender his passport, not attend international points of departure and not leave Australia.

He and the other men - a 38-year-old man from Port Melbourne and a 44-year-old man from Moonee Ponds - were ordered to appear again in October.

The Age

 

[pinothippy]

Um hash isnt made from leaves dude its made from buds The brown hash is compressed THC crystals.

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Hehe strongest shit ever.

Hash can be made from any marijuana that has resin glands. Ice hash or bubblehash made from the leaf manicured from the heads is extremely strong, stronger than the old school af/pak gold stamp commercial styles.

As PD said you can also make Honey Oil using butane to extract the thc.

Kingpin was indeed on the money..

 

[kingpin007]

Drugs and cash found in raids



by Alice Coote

July 06, 2009 07:45am

Police have arrested and charged two men with drug offences after an ongoing investigation in Sydney¿s East.
A 24-year-old Paddington man was found with drugs when police pulled over a white Toyota Corolla in Surry Hills about 1am yesterday.

Police involved in an ongoing investigation allegedly found cash and a plastic bag with 3.4g of white crystals.

The man was arrested and charged with supply prohibited drug, goods in custody, and traffic matters. He is due to appear in Central Local Court today.

Meanwhile another 24-year-old man was arrested after police uncovered a number of drugs after a search at his property on Glenmore Rd, Paddington.

The man was allegedly found with 0.6g of crystal methamphetamine - or ice - and 3.2 grams of ecstasy in his possession.

The search of his premises allegedly uncovered 54.6 grams of ecstasy, 18.8 grams of ICE, 400ml of methylamphetamine, and 110ml of GHB as well as items used in the production and sale of drugs.

The man was taken to Waverley Police Station and charged with two counts of possess prohibited drug. He was granted bail and is due to appear in Waverly Local Court on July 28.

Investigations continue into the alleged supply and manufacture of drugs in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25738616-5001021,00.html

 

[baysieguy1]

^^^^ now thats a shame, good MD crystals off the market

 

[kingpin007]

Up to 300 ecstasy pills found in search

July 04, 2009

A 31-year-old man found with a small amount of drugs outside a Melbourne nightclub has been charged with drug offences after a larger stash was later uncovered at his home, police say.

About 300 pills believed to be ecstasy were eventually seized after the man was stopped outside the nightclub about midnight last night, police said.

The 31-year-old was standing outside the club when police, patrolling the CBD as part of an operation to crack down on anti-social behaviour in the city, allegedly found he was carrying a small amount of pills.

A search of the man's car uncovered more tablets, while a larger stash was later found at the man's Prahran home, police said.

The man will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court to face drugs charges on September 22.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25731915-26103,00.html

 

[Smokingk1lls]

huge busts

 

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Woman busted carrying heroin internally

Posted July 6, 2009 00:04:00

A 32-year-old South African woman has been charged with importing heroin into Australia.

The woman was stopped for an examination at Sydney airport when she arrived from Johannesburg on Friday.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) say officers suspected she was concealing drugs internally and escorted her to hospital for a medical examination, where she allegedly passed 124 pellets, containing almost half a kilo of heroin.

An AFP statement says the packages will now be forensically tested to determine their exact weight and purity.

She has been charged with importing a marketable quantity of a border-controlled drug and is due to appear in court on Tuesday.

The maximum penalty for the offence is 25 years imprisonment and/or a $550,000 fine.

Retrieved: ABC News

 

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Raid nets $200k marijuana haul

Posted July 6, 2009 10:16:00

A police raid has uncovered a cannabis growing operation inside a house in north Canberra.

A search of the house in Knaggs Street in Page found about 40 mature cannabis plants and about 40 seedlings.

Police also seized about 30 kilograms of cannabis in vacuum sealed bags and specialised cultivation equipment.

Detectives say the electricity supply to the house had been diverted around the meter box.

The estimated value of the haul is around $200,000.

A 25-year-old man has been charged with drug cultivation and trafficking offences.

Retrieved: ABC News

 

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Police seize more than $785,000 cannabis - Shellharbour
Tuesday, 07 Jul 2009 10:35am

Police have located cannabis worth almost $800,000 growing inside a house at Shellharbour, south of Wollongong.

Acting on information received, police attached to Lake Illawarra Local Area Command’s Drug Unit attended a residence in Old Bass Point Road about 1.30pm yesterday (Monday 6 July) and allegedly located 152 cannabis plants growing in an elaborate hydroponics set up.

Also seized was 1.8kg of cannabis leaf.

The drugs have an estimated potential street value of $785,000.

An examination of the house allegedly revealed the electricity supply to the garage, where many of the plants were growing, had been illegally diverted from the main supplier.

A 66-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Port Kembla Police Station for questioning by investigators.

The man was subsequently charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of a prohibited plant by enhanced indoor means; using or consuming electricity without authority; and supplying an indictable quantity of cannabis.

He was refused bail to appear in Wollongong Local Court today.

Retrieved

 

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Cocaine dissolves in bungled importation attempt
Amelia Bentley
July 7, 2009 - 3:13PM

A plan to import nearly 100 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to Queensland on a sail boat hit troubled waters when some of the drug packages got wet and the powder dissolved, a court has heard.

Jorge Ernesto Velarde Silva, 47, is accused of being one of three men involved in a conspiracy to bring 89kg of cocaine to Australia on a 56-foot yacht called Sparkles Plenty in 2000 and 2001.

Mr Velarde Silva has pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to import a prohibited drug into Australia.

On the first day of his trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane, Crown prosecutor Glen Rice told the jury Australian Federal Police had been monitoring the yacht from when it left Mexico in June 2000 to begin its journey to Queensland waters.

Upon the boat arriving a few nautical miles north-west of Moreton Island in May 2001, police pounced and uncovered the haul of cocaine hidden in a water tank of a runabout boat named Zodiac tied to the stern of Sparkles Plenty.

Mr Rice said its skipper, Californian Peter Jackson who the jury was told is serving jail time in Queensland for his role in the importation attempt, would give evidence Velarde Silva was involved in the plan to import the drug and helped load the vessel with the cocaine in Mexico.

Jackson would also say Velarde Silva was the person who was accountable to the drug suppliers, Mr Rice said.

The importers' plan was dogged by a variety of problems as the ship made its way across the Pacific Ocean to Australia, he said.

The most significant problem was uncovered when the boat was docked in Tahiti in September 2000 and Jackson found at least 29 of 99 packages of cocaine had become water-logged during the journey.

"Water had got inside the wrapping, (the contents) of some had completely dissolved, leaving just a wrapper with moisture inside," Mr Rice said.

He said in phone calls between Jackson, Mr Velarde Silva and another man involved, Australian Kevin Nudd, the trio talked about what they would do about the water-logged packages, referring to them as "damaged goods".

The trial, before Justice Peter Lyons, continues.

Brisbane Times

 

[hyroller]

lol the fish would have been having a mad time :D

still though. what a shit.

 

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Man charged after 49 cannabis plants seized – Lambton
Tuesday, 07 Jul 2009 05:54pm

A man will appear in a Newcastle court later this month facing charges over the seizure of cannabis worth almost $120,000, from a Lambton house.

About 7.35am today Police from the Newcastle City Drug Unit executed a search warrant at premises in Wyong Road.

In the rear yard of the premises police allegedly located 49 cannabis plants. More than 2kg of cannabis leaf and more than 250 cannabis seeds were also seized from inside the premises and garage.

The seized drugs have an estimated potential street value in excess of $118,000.

A 48-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Waratah Police Station for questioning. He has been charged with cultivate prohibited plant, two counts of possess prohibited drug and supply prohibited drug.

He was given conditional bail to appear in Newcastle Local Court on 28 July.

Retrieved

 

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Raids net 200kg of cannabis

July 08, 2009 06:57am

POLICE have smashed a large-scale drug network, seizing more than 200kg of cannabis at homes in Melbourne's north.

The sophisticated set-up was uncovered by police yesterday at residences in Epping following a three-month investigation.

Over 200kg of cannabis plants were seized after members executed warrants at residential properties in Epping.

A 30-year-old Epping man and a 24-year-old man from South Morang charged with trafficking and other drug offences have been remanded in custody and will face the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today.

News.com.au

 

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Drug grown in garage, court told
BY COURTNEY TRENWITH
9/07/2009 4:00:00 AM

A Shellharbour man accused of cultivating more than 150 cannabis plants in an "elaborate" set-up in his garage has been granted bail to return to the house.

Leonard Anthony Nuesink, 66, had admitted to police that he cultivated the plants - worth $760,000 - for more than 21/2 years and sold small quantities of the drug, Wollongong Local Court heard yesterday.

It was alleged police found two elaborate hydroponic systems during a search of Nuesink's Old Bass Point Rd home on Monday afternoon. They had received a tip-off.

Artificial lighting, air-conditioning units and a 31kg carbon dioxide gas cylinder with timers had been installed, police facts said.

Nuesink allegedly told police he had paid an unknown man $500 to connect the electricity in the garage to bypass the meter box, with a switch that would automatically cut off power if the supplier conducted a test of the meter.

Police said about 1.8kg of dry cannabis leaf and another 900g in two plastic bags also were found.

Nuesink has not yet entered pleas to charges of having cultivated a commercial quantity of a prohibited plant, supplying cannabis and using electricity without authority.

In his bail application, the court heard he had returned home after having surgery just hours before his arrest.

Nuesink had no prior criminal record and was unlikely to reoffend, lawyer Graeme Morrison said.

Magistrate Paul Johnson granted bail on condition a friend deposit $5000 surety.

Nuesink will reappear in Wollongong Local Court on August 19.

Illawarra Mercury

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Cash, drugs, pill press seized

July 5th, 2009

A 23-year-old man was expected to face court today after police allegedly found drugs, a pill press and $13,000 cash during a raid at Oxenford on Friday.

Detectives from the Coomera CIB descended on the Calypso Court rental property about 6.15am as a search warrant was executed as part of an ongoing investigation.

Police spent several hours going over the quiet suburban house and allegedly found $13,000 in high denomination bank notes, which had been taped under a chair.

Investigators said drugs including cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis and more than 2g of amphetamine were found during the search, as well as a piece of machinery police will allege is a pill press used to manufacture drugs.

The 23-year-old tenant was questioned for several hours before being charged with 11 drug-related offences including possessing a dangerous drug, supplying a dangerous drug, possessing something used in the commission of a crime, possessing the proceeds of crime and possessing a utensil.

He was taken to Southport watchhouse late Friday and was expected to remain in custody until an appearance in Southport Magistrates Court.

Goldcoast.com.au

 

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Second arrest over $200k cannabis haul

A second man has been arrested over a cannabis growing operation found inside a house in north Canberra.

Police found mature cannabis plants, seedlings and cultivation equipment during a search of the Knaggs Street house in Page on Sunday.

The haul is estimated to be worth around $200,000.

Yesterday police arrested a 27-year-old Queanbeyan man who is due to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court next week.

A 25-year-old man faced court on Monday charged with cultivation and trafficking cannabis.

ABC News

 

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Three charged over import of 144 kilos of cocaine

July 09, 2009 10:12am

THREE Mexican nationals have been charged after 144 kilograms of cocaine were found in a shipment intercepted in Sydney.

Australian Federal Police say they began investigating late last year when a consignment containing six steel die casts, weighing four tonnes, arrived.

The casts were opened and found to contain cocaine with an estimated street value of $31.6 million.

Police monitored the consignment as it was delivered to address in Artarmon in January this year and then to an address in Castle Hill on Monday (July 6).

Three men have now been arrested and charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.

They are due to appear in Central Local Court today.

News.com.au

 

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Man arrested, charged after drugs and cash seized during vehicle stop - Earlwood

Friday, 10 Jul 2009 06:02am

A man has been charged with a string of drugs offences after police seized drugs and cash during a vehicle stop at Earlwood, in Sydney’s inner-west.

Police from Marrickville Local Area Command stopped red 1989-model Nissan Pulsar sedan on Undercliffe Road, Earlwood, just before midday yesterday (Thursday 9 July) after a member of the public reported the male driver of the vehicle for allegedly assaulting his female passenger.

The driver was arrested by police after a short foot pursuit.

A subsequent search of the car allegedly uncovered a quantity of crystal methylamphetamine, an ‘Ice’ pipe and a significant sum of cash. Several rounds of ammunition were also located in the spare wheel compartment in the boot.

The man was taken to Mascot Police Station and charged with numerous offences, including supplying a prohibited drug, common assault and driving whilst disqualified.

He was refused bail to appear in Waverley Local Court today.

Retrieved

 

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Police traffic stop puts stop to trafficking

Karen Matthews
July 10th, 2009

POLICE pulling over a speeding driver discovered drugs that resulted in a Bell Post Hill man fronting court on trafficking charges.

Daniel Najdanovski, 25, of Fairy St, pleaded guilty in Geelong Magistrates' Court yesterday to trafficking amphetamines and ecstasy and possessing cannabis.

He also pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit, possessing a controlled weapon and dealing in property believed to be the proceeds of crime.

Police Prosecutor, Leading Senior Constable Geoff Lamb said that about 7.15 pm on December 12 last year, police stopped Najdanovski after he was seen driving at 90km/h in a 70 km/h zone.

Sen-Constable Lamb said Najdanovski smelt strongly of cannabis and appeared substance-affected.

"During a search of Najdanovski's car police found an ice pipe, pocket knife, cannabis, 50 ecstacy tablets and a quantity of amphetamine," he said.

"They also found $100 cash and a mobile phone which contained a large number of text messages relating to drug trafficking.

"In total, four grams of cannabis and 19 grams of amphetamines, with an estimated street value of $2500, were seized."

Magistrate Michael Coghlan said a psychiatric report submitted by the defence stated Najdanovski had consistently refused assistance for his substance abuse.

Najdanovski was convicted and sentenced to two months' jail suspended for 12 months. He was also placed on a 12-month community based order and fined $100.

Geelong Advertiser

 

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Operation Seafront: Man charged with supplying heroin - Central Coast

Friday, 10 Jul 2009 05:57am

Police have charged a 60-year-old Umina Beach man with the ongoing supply of heroin and dealing with the proceeds of crime.

Police from the Brisbane Water Local Area Command drug unit, as part of Operation Seafront targeting the supply of heroin in the Umina Beach area, arrested the man yesterday (Thursday July 9) at Umina Beach

His vehicle was seized and a sum of cash recovered from the car.

It is alleged during a search of a residence at Ettalong Beach police located numerous mobile phones and car satellite navigation devices. Police will allege these were used in the delivery of drugs.

The man was taken to Gosford Police Station and charged with three counts of supply prohibited drug (heroin), one count of supply prohibited drug on an on going basis and goods in custody suspected of being stolen.

He was refused bail and appeared at Gosford Local Court yesterday (Thursday 9 July) where he was remanded in custody to appear in court at a later date.

Retrieved

News.com.au