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Thanks, I will order it. I order my books via booktopia and it is slightly cheaper on there so I'll grab it from there.
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The price on coca is astrofuckingnomical in aus
Former Manly sponsor Robby Melhem charged over huge cocaine bust
Robby Melhem, once a major sponsor of the Manly Sea Eagles, has been refused bail after being charged over a major drug bust.
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Sources have told Fairfax Media that during his sponsorship of Manly, which finished several years ago, Mr Melhem had allegedly been supplying cocaine and prostitutes to some players as well as making cash payments to some in breach of salary cap regulations. On several occasions at private parties hosted by Mr Melhem he allegedly provided cocaine to some players.
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Just after 9am on Thursday, the former mobile phone entrepreneur and property developer was nabbed after he allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover police officer at Sydney Olympic Park. By day's end detectives from the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (MEOCS) had seized 22kg of cocaine from an apartment Mr Melhem's syndicate rented for $830 per week in Refinery Drive, Pyrmont. Earlier in the week, as part of the same investigation, police also allegedly seized 3kg of cocaine and 5kg of ephedrine.
During other searches, police seized more than $100,000 cash, two motor vehicles, methylamphetamine, laptops, mobile phones, electronic devices and clothing.
Only last week surveillance officers watched Mr Melhem, 43, allegedly putting a large amount of pseudoephedrine in the boot of a car for someone else to pick up. Also arrested was Christian Wickramasinghe, 40, who has previously served time in jail in New Zealand over the importation of heroin worth almost $30 million.
Police began investigating Mr Melhem in April and allege that he was running the syndicate through encrypted messages sent between BlackBerry phones.
Michael McCarry, a cocaine addict on the dole, was allegedly employed as a courier yet never met Mr Melhem, according to an agreed statement of facts tendered in Newtown Local Court on Friday. The father-of-three from Annandale was allegedly paid between $500 to $2000 per delivery.
Surveillance officers watched on as, on August 15, he drove to a food shop in Mascot and transported a cardboard box from one car boot to another containing 2kg of cocaine.
On Friday, his lawyer argued that Mr McCarry, 46, didn't know what the two white bricks with Red Bull insignia inside the box were.
Magistrate Margaret Quinn denied Mr McCarry bail, saying the Crown case was too strong.
She said it was an "unattractive fact" that Mr McCarry was collecting the dole and a carer's payment to look after his mother and uncle while also seemingly earning up to $2000 per delivery. Mr Melhem's arrest marks a stunning fall from grace for the entrepreneur who was once a major sponsor of the Sea Eagles and at one stage a prospective buyer. It was at Mr Melhem's harbourside mansion in Kirribilli in September 2010 that the family, teammates and supporters of Brett Stewart gathered to celebrate the Manly star's acquittal of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
In retirement, former Manly captain Ben Kennedy and Mr Melhem went into a property development venture on the outskirts of Cairns and, in more recent years, Mr Melhem offered to help Anthony Watmough with business opportunities.
It is not suggested that Stewart, Watmough or Kennedy were involved in any wrongdoing in connection with Mr Melhem.
Mr Melhem has a number of colourful business partners including Auburn brothel owner Saim Semaan and convicted cocaine dealer Joe Frangieh, with whom Mr Melhem was involved in a Queensland property company.
Mr Melhem is also an associate of Hells Angels' bikie bosses Daniel Callaghan and Wayne Schneider, who was murdered in Thailand in 2015.
Mr Melhem was refused bail and will be back before Burwood Local Court on October 11.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/former-ma...d-over-huge-cocaine-bust-20170818-gxzg66.html
Detective Acting Superintendent Simone O'Mahony said AFP members are continually surprised at the lengths people go to import illicit substances into Australia.
Customs officers have discovered about six kilograms of cocaine hidden in books among a woman's luggage at Perth Airport after she arrived on a flight from Johannesburg.
The 32-year-old South African woman was charged with attempting to import the cocaine.
The drugs were found when the woman's baggage was examined by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers after her flight landed in Perth on Friday night.
"During the examination, ABF officers detected six packages concealed in six books," the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said.
"Initial testing returned a positive result for the border controlled drug cocaine.
"The exact weight and purity of the cocaine will be subject to further forensic testing.
"The AFP attended and arrested the woman. She was later charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug."
The woman is facing a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
She is due to appear in Perth Magistrate Court.
Police seized $1.6 million in cash found in two suitcases in a car on Tuesday
Officers pulled over the rented car in the Perth CBD around 6:45pm
Two Victorian men, aged 29 and 33-years-old, were questioned by police
They were charged with unlawful possession of money and are in custody
POLICE say a haul of about 700 tabs of LSD, also known as acid, uncovered at raid in Nimbin was aimed to be sold to youths.
Sniffer dogs led officers to the commercial quantity of the illicit drug during a search warrant at a Thorburn St property yesterday.
A cannabis plant and cookies as well as a further 1.6kg of the prohibited substance was also seized by police along with an expandable baton and just under $4000 cash.
Investigations are continuing with arrests expected to be made in the coming days.
Acting Inspector Tory Turner said local intelligence that revealed the drugs were allegedly intended to be sold to kids was very concerning.
To young people considering taking illicit substances such as LSD, Acting Insp Turner warned the drugs have different, and sometimes fatal, affects on each user.
"You just don't know what is actually in the drug,” Acting Insp Turner said.
She said the drugs are often concocted at unhygienic places, citing that the stash discovered at Nimbin was found in a shed.
Acting Insp Turner said police will continue to conduct search warrants and investigations to crack down on the supply and creation of LSD in the Nimbin area.
The OPP showed off the largest ever drug seizure of its nearly 110 year history Monday morning.
Three men have been arrested, accused of importing 1,062 kilograms of pure cocaine. The drugs were displayed by police during a press conference in four specially constructed glass containers, each with a dimension of about four feet tall by eight feet wide.
“This is a massive seizure, bigger than I’ve ever seen in my 33 years of policing,” OPP Commissioner Vince Hawkes said during the press conference at OPP Headquarters in Orillia.
Uncut, the cocaine – said to be 97 per cent pure – is estimated to be worth about $60 million. Cut and on the street, police say the value sky rockets to at least $250 million.
Typically, cocaine found on the street is about 30-40 per cent pure, OPP Deputy Commissioner Rick Barnum explained. Once cut and supplemented with filling agents, such as fentanyl, the amount of product increases to between 2,122 and 3,183 kilograms.