250kgs of ecstasy seized
December 27, 2002
AUSTRALIA'S largest ever ecstasy haul, believed to be worth $45 million, has been seized in a raid in Sydney.
A joint task force comprising officers from the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police and the NSW Crime Commission found the drugs on Christmas Eve.
The ecstasy tablets were seized during a raid on a property at Sylvania in Sydney's south on Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said.
About 250kg of ecstasy or MDMA tablets were allegedly found in the back of a van parked on the premises.
The haul of more than 700,000 tablets is believed to have an estimated street value of $45 million, police said today.
Three men were charged under the customs act with drug offences and were remanded in custody when they appeared in Parramatta Local Court on Christmas Day.
A 56-year-old unemployed Bondi man, a 52-year-old unemployed man from Sylvania and a 48-year-old Canadian national, living in Cronulla, are all due to appear in Central Local Court on January 15.
AAP
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5753517%255E2,00.html
Always seems to be old people getting done for large drug seizures.
December 27, 2002
AUSTRALIA'S largest ever ecstasy haul, believed to be worth $45 million, has been seized in a raid in Sydney.
A joint task force comprising officers from the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police and the NSW Crime Commission found the drugs on Christmas Eve.
The ecstasy tablets were seized during a raid on a property at Sylvania in Sydney's south on Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said.
About 250kg of ecstasy or MDMA tablets were allegedly found in the back of a van parked on the premises.
The haul of more than 700,000 tablets is believed to have an estimated street value of $45 million, police said today.
Three men were charged under the customs act with drug offences and were remanded in custody when they appeared in Parramatta Local Court on Christmas Day.
A 56-year-old unemployed Bondi man, a 52-year-old unemployed man from Sylvania and a 48-year-old Canadian national, living in Cronulla, are all due to appear in Central Local Court on January 15.
AAP
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5753517%255E2,00.html
Always seems to be old people getting done for large drug seizures.