15,000 'ecstasy' pills and a stun gun in six-month operation - Sutherland Shire
Surry Hills Region Enforcement Squad officers have arrested six men and seized commercial quantities of methamphetamine (MDMA or ‘ecstasy’) during a crackdown on drug distribution within the Sutherland Shire.
Inspector Adam Barwick, Commander of the Surry Hills Region Enforcement Squad, said Strike Force Pryce was established in November 2011.
“It was formed to investigate the supply of MDMA within the Sutherland Shire.
“A number of controlled purchases have been conducted with 15,200 pills recovered by police,” he said.
“Six alleged drug suppliers have been arrested during this six-month operation. We are examining many of the items seized at the homes of those arrested which includes a stun gun, NSW Police Force cap, computers and mobile phones.
“We are expecting more charges to be laid and more arrests during the coming weeks,” Inspector Barwick said.
TODAY’S ARRESTS
A number of arrests and search warrants were conducted today (Tuesday 1 May 2012) with the assistance of Sutherland and Miranda Local Area Command.
A 20-year-old Caringbah man was arrested at his work in Kogarah and taken to St George Police Station.
A search warrant was executed at his home in Caringbah where a quantity of pills, mobile phones and ledgers was seized.
He was charged with two counts of large commercial supply, four counts of commercial supply and six counts of indictable supply matters (5,100 pills).
He was refused bail to appear in Sutherland Local Court tomorrow.
A 23-year-old Kirrawee man was arrested at his work in Alexandria and taken to the Surry Hills Police Station.
A search warrant was executed at his home in Kirrawee.
He was charged with one count of commercial supply and four counts of indictable supply matters (approximately 2000 pills). He is expected to be bail refused.
A 20-year-old Kirrawee man was arrested at his home and taken to Sutherland Police Station. He was bail refused to appear in Sutherland Local Court tomorrow.
A search warrant was executed at his home where a stun gun and $2000 cash was seized.
He was charged with two counts large commercial supply and one count of commercial supply matters (3,500 pills).
YESTERDAY’S ARRESTS
About 7.45pm yesterday (Monday 30 April 2012) a 21-year-old Caringbah man was arrested at a local betting facility, allegedly in possession of 2500 pills.
Police conducted a search warrant at his home where computers and phone records was seized.
He was taken to the Miranda Police Station and charged with one count of indictable supply, three counts of commercial supply and two counts of large commercial supply. He was bail refused to appear at Central Local Court today (Tuesday 1 May 2012). He was bail refused to appear in Central Local Court on 10 May 2012.
About 8.15pm yesterday (Monday 30 April 2012), a 25-year-old Sylvania man was arrested outside his home.
Police conducted a search warrant at his home where mobile phones, data senders, computers and $7000 cash was seized.
He was taken to the Sutherland Police Station and charged with two counts of large commercial supply. He was bail refused to appear at Sutherland Local Court today (Tuesday 1 May 2012). He was refused bail to re-appear in Sutherland Local Court on Thursday 3 May 2012.
ARREST IN MARCH 2012
On the 27 March 2012 police investigations led them to stop a taxi on the Princes Highway at Sylvania with a 19-year-old St Peters man inside. He ran from the taxi but was caught by police a short distance away.
He was arrested and his backpack allegedly contained 2000 pills believed to be MDMA.
He was taken to the Miranda Police Station and charged with supply large commercial quantity of drugs. A search warrant was conducted at his home where a number of phone records and a NSW Police Force cap was located.
He was bail refused to appear at Sutherland Local Court on 28 March 2012.
Righto, since when is methamphetamine MDMA? Two completely different substances or did the pills contain meth only? I thought they were investigating MDMA? I really hate it when they label it like that, meth and MDMA is equally frowned upon in their eyes. I also hate it when they refer pills to ecstasy, ecstasy could mean anything really. If a journalist or whoever dumbass wrote the press they should use the proper terminology or just stick to slangs.