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The Australian/NZ Drug Busts Mega-Thread Part Deux
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Cop faces court over 12 drug charges
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A Victorian police officer has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with 12 drug-related offences.
Constable Matthew Holmes, 25, from South Yarra is accused of using and trafficking cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine, as well as conspiring with others to traffic drugs.
Prosecutors have asked the court for extra time to analyse telephone intercepts.
He has been bailed until December.
A 38-year-old sergeant is expected to appear in court on similar charges next week.
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Drugs sniffed out
20/07/2009 4:00:00 AM
A KYNETON woman allegedly in possession of eight grams of cannabis was among those arrested in a covert dog drug-sniffing operation centring on the region’s rail network on Friday.
A spokesman from the Bendigo divisional response unit said investigations were still under way in relation to the 28-year-old from Beauchamp Street.
The woman and several others were nabbed under Operation Jambes, which utilised a drug-detection dog from Melbourne and was focused on the V/Line service.
Also uncovered in the operation were:
a 41-year-old man from Mitchell Street, Kyneton, who was issued with a caution after he was found carrying cannabis. Two grams of the drug was seized;
a 47-year-old man from Savige Street, Ascot Vale, was also issued a drug caution for carrying one gram of cannabis;
a 30-year-old woman from The Mews, Moama, was issued a caution for possessing cannabis after police seized three grams of the drug from her;
a tourist from Broughton Kettering in the United Kingdom was issued a caution for possessing cannabis. The 25-year-old man was allegedly carrying half a gram of the drug;
a Maryborough woman from Alma Street was also issued a caution after half a gram of cannabis was found on her. Police seized the drugs from the 20-year-old;
a 22-year-old man from Green Street, Carisbrook, was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant and bailed to reappear at the Bendigo Magistrates Court on August 6;
and a 34-year-old man from St Arnaud Road, Wedderburn, was issued a council ticket for consuming alcohol in a designated non-drinking zone.
Police are warning that random raids will continue on bus and train services to combat the trade and transport of illicit drugs.
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Booze, kava bust in bush
REBEKAH CAVANAGH
July 21st, 2009
SIX people were arrested and a large stash of kava and grog (pictured) was seized after police raided a car on a remote Territory road.
The six occupants - five men, aged 24 to 55, and a 52-year-old woman - were stopped as they travelled on Maningrida Rd near the Ramingining turnoff, about 400 km east of Darwin, just after 9am on Friday.
Police allege they found 70 kg of kava and a small quantity of cannabis in the car, as well as seven 4L casks of Moselle, two 1125ml bottles of Jim Beam bourbon, a 1125ml bottle and two 700ml bottles of Bundaberg rum and two 2L casks of port.
The 27-year-old man in the driver's seat was also allegedly found to be drink-driving and driving while disqualified.
A 24-year-old passenger in the vehicle received a drug infringement notice, while the other five occupants will face a range of charges in the Maningrida Court.
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'Hard-working' drug runner faces jail
SEAN FEWSTER, COURT REPORTER
July 21, 2009 12:32pm
A WORKAHOLIC businessman who turned to drug running to ease his financial burden now faces a $750,000 fine and 25 years' jail for his crimes.
The District Court has heard Wojciech Nasilowski will also lose his home, two businesses and luxury cars to police, who will seize them as the proceeds of his Adelaide-to-Sydney runs.
The civil engineer and motor mechanic has admitted using his skills to build secret compartments into his car and his sister's home for drug trafficking.
He has also confessed to creating an armory - including a bolt-action rifle, a pump-action shotgun and handguns - to protect his crop.
Today David Waye, for Nasilowski, insisted his client was neither "menacing" nor connected with "unlawful organisations".
Rather, he was a hard-working husband and father who made a very poor business decision.
"He has suffered personal shame and ostracism through this humbling experience," he said.
"He feels he has betrayed all he has done and stood for in his 55 years."
Nasilowski, 55, of Gould Creek, was arrested at Tailem Bend in March 2007 after police found 58 one-pound bags of cannabis, a total of 26kg, in a secret compartment in the floor of his van.
A subsequent search of his properties - and the home of his sister, Dana Sky - found drug crops secreted in refrigerators, behind hidden panels and in concealed rooms.
Police located enough drugs for 30,000 street deals.
Today, the court heard Sky - who has also been charged - had "little to no involvement" with the drug business.
Mr Waye said his client operated both Twilight Motors mechanics and Paragon Constructions, but turned to trafficking after losing money to a former business associate.
He said Nasilowski had learned the drug trade in 1998 when he made a botched attempt to transport drugs interstate on behalf of a Twilight employee.
"In addition to any penalty this court imposes, he faces the catastrophic punishment of having his home, businesses and cars seized," he said.
Judge Michael Boylan will sentence Nasilowski and Sky on a date to be set.
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