Drug gang dealt 2kg of ice, police will allege after seven raids
POKER machines, a replica pistol and $30,000 hidden in cereal boxes were seized as police dismantled an alleged ice-dealing syndicate in NSW’s Southern Highlands.
Strike Force Trinculo officers charged 12 people following seven raids across Western Sydney and the Southern Highlands on Tuesday.
Police started investigating the group in March, which had alleged links to the Finks and Lone Wolf bikie gangs.
Tana Pelelei and Nartarsha Fay.
Mother of two Charlee Lloyd.
Police allege the group dealt nearly 2kg of ice, netting hundreds of thousands of dollars.
One of the alleged queen-pins of the group was mother of two Charlee Lloyd.
Police allege she was the mastermind of the syndicate dealing vast quantities of ice each month and using a child to ply her trade.
She is charged with large commercial drug supply, directing a criminal grip, recruiting a child to carry out a criminal activity and running four drug premises.
She was one of five people arrested in two Moss Vale raids including a 17-year-old boy, Jordan Andrwas, 18, and another alleged key player Brad Bennett, 50.
Bennett is facing 28 charges, including 22 counts of drug supply and running a drug premises.
During the raids at Mount Annan, Edmondson Park, Ambravale, Bowral and Moss Vale, ice, two poker machines, a replica pistol, $30,000 cash stuffed in cereal boxes and Pringle cans and stolen property were found.
Liverpool father Tana Pelelei, 21, and his pregnant partner Nartasha Fay, 22, were arrested at Edmondson Park.
They are accused of supplying the drugs to Lloyd to sell in the Southern Highlands. They are both charged with large commercial drug supply and conducting a drug premises among a raft of charges.
During a successful bail application for Ms Fay on Wednesday Liverpool Local Court heard she and Pelelei were allegedly involved in 21 drug deals with undercover officers totalling $130,000 of ice.
There were CCTV cameras at the couple’s home to monitor the alleged drug deals with the vision tapped over daily, the court heard.
The court also heard the pair were part of a “sophisticated operation of supply” which involved the sale of nearly 2kg of ice.
Magistrate Janet Wahlquist granted Fay bail on the grounds of her high-risk pregnancy and her limited role in the allegations. Her conditions stipulate she cannot contact Pelelei, who did not apply for bail.
Police lodged a detention application to be heard in the Supreme Court by Monday which means Ms Fay will remain in custody until it is heard.
Of nine people who appeared at Goulburn Local Court only one was granted bail.
Hume Acting Superintendent Andrew Koutsoufis said more arrests were expected.
“The detectives have worked tirelessly to achieve the results, including the large number of arrests, and we will continue to investigate the supply, distribution, cultivation and manufacture of prohibited drugs,” he said.
“These arrests send a strong message to the community and to anyone involved in this type of activity, that it won’t be tolerated.”
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