The Australian/NZ Drug Busts Mega-Thread Part Triforce

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[NZ] Meth lab catches fire during police search

[NZ] Meth lab catches fire during police search

Police are grateful nobody was hurt when a rural Taranaki meth lab burst into flames during a police search this morning.

Two officers had gone to a house in Pihama to execute an unrelated search warrant when they smelled a strange odour coming from the garage, Inspector Frank Grant of Hawera police said.

"They noticed some strange-looking substances inside the garage, they heard some noise and located two people inside the garage," he said.

"They came out and the garage caught fire almost immediately."

Police detained the pair from the garage and firefighters were called to put out the blaze.

The garage was found to have contained a methamphetamine lab and a police clan lab team was called in.

Mr Grant said everyone at the scene had to be decontaminated.

It was lucky nobody was hurt.

"The key result, I guess we're looking for, is that nobody's injured."

There was no indication of how long the meth lab had been in operation, and it was too early to say whether it was a gang-related.

Inquiries were continuing and charges were likely to follow.

The person police had been seeking at the address, who faces dishonesty charges, was not found.​

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Users likely to turn to other drugs after bust

Experts believe drug users will turn to alternative narcotics after a huge drug haul this week took over 100,000 ecstasy pills off the market.

A 12 month operation has resulted in the arrest of 22 people involved in what police have called the country's biggest drug syndicate .

New Zealand Drug Detection Agency chief executive Kirk Hardy says while the bust will impact the ecstasy market, the use of other drugs like marijuana will increase.

But Hardy says the bust has probably sent shockwaves through organised crime circles.

Police are confident they have made a large dent in the drug syndicate's production.

Inspector Bruce Good, who led Operation Ark, says 90% of Auckland's ecstasy has been seized, along with about $14 million of assets.

Yesterday police said they believe the pills seized during raids are linked to recent hospital cases that left young people needing sedation.

Good said he believed the composition of the recovered pills had been tampered with to render them class C drugs rather than class B.

Middlemore Hospital reported in September that it had seen a number of cases of drug-takers seeking emergency treatment after taking the pills, known as "red rockets".

More than 200 officers had been working on the year-long case.

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Victorian man charged with importation of Ephedrine

Victorian man charged with importation of Ephedrine

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment today for importing approximately 1.5 kilograms of ephedrine into Victoria.

In December 2008 Customs and Border Protection officers at the Sydney International Mail Centre intercepted a package sent from Canada containing 112,000 tablets in bottles labelled as ‘caffeine’.

A second package for the same address was subsequently detected which contained approximately 105,000 tablets in bottles also labelled as ‘caffeine’.

Mr Regai Togay appeared in the Melbourne County Court on 10 June 2011 where the jury reached a guilty verdict in relation to two counts of importing a marketable quantity of a border controlled precursor, being ephedrine, in contravention of section 307.12 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.

Customs and Border Protection National Manager of Investigations, Kingsley Woodford-Smith said this case sends a strong deterrence message to those thinking of attempting to import illegal substances into Australia.

“Customs and Border Protection will investigate and prosecute anyone who attempts to import illegal substances into Australia and heavy penalties will apply,” Mr Woodford-Smith said.

Ephedrine is a prohibited precursor chemical that can be converted from its legitimate use to produce amphetamine-type substances, such as methamphetamine, which is commonly referred to as speed.

The maximum penalty for each count of this offence is 15 years imprisonment and/or a $330,000 fine.​

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Four charged after alleged clan lab discovered - Bilpin

Four charged after alleged clan lab discovered - Bilpin

Detectives have arrested and charged four men following the discovery of a clandestine drug laboratory at Bilpin, in western Sydney today.

Strike Force Calibre – comprising officers from the State Crime Command’s Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (MEOCS) – was established to investigate the ongoing supply of amphetamine.

Following an exhaustive investigation, strike force detectives stopped two men on Bells Line of Road, Bilpin, just after 11am today (Saturday 19 November 2011).

Detectives allegedly located an amount of amphetamine powder in the car they were travelling in.

A search warrant was subsequently executed at a property on Bells Line of Road where detectives allegedly located the active clan lab.

It’s alleged the lab was being used to manufacture large commercial quantities of amphetamine.

A 54-year-old Woronora man, a 52-year-old Rosebery man, and a 54-year-old Blacktown man were arrested and taken to Windsor Police Station.

All three men were charged with manufacture commercial quantity of amphetamine; supply commercial quantity of amphetamine; and possess commercial quantity of amphetamine.

They were refused bail to appear at Parramatta Bail Court tomorrow (Sunday 20 November 2011).

Four further search warrants were executed following the arrests and detectives allegedly located an extendable baton at a home in Gallipoli Street, Lidcombe.

A 48-year-old man was subsequently arrested and charged with possessing a prohibited weapon. He was bailed to appear at Burwood Local Court on 13 December 2011.​

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[NZ] Drug users relieved after 'dangerous' pills removed

[NZ] Drug users relieved after 'dangerous' pills removed

Drug users have welcomed a massive Ecstasy bust, saying the pills on the streets were dangerous.

In a press conference this week, police displayed bags of thousands of pills which are known on the street as red rockets, yellow rockets, blue choppers, green rolling stones and pink lips.

Officer in charge of the 12-month Operation Ark, Detective Inspector Bruce Good, said the "sophisticated" syndicate was producing red rockets that caused users to suffer seizures and hallucinations.

Good said some of the pills were being produced at a factory which also manufactured rat poison.

It was estimated the syndicate was responsible for producing between 80 and 90 per cent of the country's Ecstasy over several years.

Users on the forum tripme.co.nz said the pills did not appear to contain MDMA - the main ingredient in Ecstasy - but chemicals from a family of hallucinogenics called 2C.

"Them b******s pressing 2CX into street pills is what doomed everything.


"We were living a pill-friendly, take-it-or-leave-it type of country for quite a while before people ended up in hospitals, tripping balls, wondering why they aren't feeling strimmed or chatty," one wrote.

University of Otago student Andy told the Herald on Sunday the seized pills were a hallucinogenic or "trippy" type, different from traditional Ecstasy.

He said they cost $60 each in Dunedin. "I started uni in 2009 and they were around then, but seem to have become more available over the three years spent here," he said.

The new pills were more similar to LSD. "They start by altering your visual perceptions, making things look strange, such as patterns starting to move," he said.

"However, other effects start in which can be very intense. Social situations can suddenly become scary and the user may start talking gibberish, situations become confusing and they may become scared because they cannot control themselves tripping out."

He found the experience terrifying. "Things slowly come back to being manageable about four or five hours after tripping, and sleep is difficult until the next night," he said.

Drug experts warn the bust could spark a price rise and more-toxic pills flooding the streets.

Ross Bell, executive director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, said there could be "a lot of opportunists trying to cash in on what they might see as a big gap in the market". Massey University drug researcher Dr Chris Wilkins said Ecstasy users might pay more for their pills in the future.

"When supply becomes tight there are usually two ways in which dealers respond. The price goes up and they start cutting their products with other stuff, so the potency and quality goes down," he said.

"But the recent arrests could prove to be a circuit-breaker in the supply of Ecstasy and some users may take the opportunity to give it up."​

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Huge raid on 'mafia-style' crime ring

Huge raid on 'mafia-style' crime ring

POLICE are investigating links between a 'mafia-style' crime gang and NSW racing after uncovering a drug factory at a horse training complex in Sydney's west.

Among the seizure of $2000 cash, drugs and firearms, detectives also confiscated volumes of documents from Lord Ben Farm, Cobbity.

"The fact some of those arrested are involved in the horse racing industry will lead to extensive research," Detective Inspector Grant Taylor told The Sunday Telegraph.

"Our investigators now have a large amount of evidence, documentation and a list of persons who are assisting with inquiries. This will determine if any other criminality has or is taking place."

The raid was led by officers from Strike Force Woonona (Firearms and Organised Crime Squad) who uncovered the alleged clandestine laboratory during a raid on Wednesday morning.

Three people, including a woman, were arrested in the sting and charged with a variety of drug and firearm offences. Up to 30 litres of a substance police allege was pseudoephedrine was taken from the property.

A "middleman" in the syndicate, a 62-year-old man, was arrested at his home on Edinburgh Circuit, Cecil Hills, where investigators allegedly found drug-making equipment.The three men were remanded in custody.

On Wednesday, The Sunday Telegraph witnessed detectives execute a search warrant on the home of another alleged gang member at his unit on Norton St, Leichhardt.

Officers spent several hours inside the unit and allegedly seized a number of documents and steroids at the premises.

This man has not been charged with any offences.​

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Former Olympic kayaker released from jail

Former Olympic kayaker released from jail

Former Olympic silver medallist kayaker Nathan Baggaley has been released from a New South Wales jail.

The Corrective Services Department has confirmed his father picked him up from the Grafton Correctional Centre on the state's north coast.

Baggaley was serving six-and-a-half years' jail for making and supplying ecstasy in the Byron Bay area, and will now be on parole for the remaining two-and-a-half years.

He will also have to seek permission if he wants to join any sporting, surfing or youth organisation.

Baggaley, who won two silver medals at the Athens Games in 2004, pleaded guilty in 2009 to the manufacture and supply of the drug ecstasy.

His younger brother Dru Baggaley remains in custody for supply and manufacture of the same drug.

When making its determination, the parole board noted Baggaley was unlikely to reoffend, had no prior convictions and had undertaken extensive counselling in jail.​

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Man charged after Schoolies drug bust

Man charged after Schoolies drug bust

Police say they seized nearly 2,000 ecstasy tablets, heroin, cocaine and cannabis on Queensland's Gold Coast, just before the start of Schoolies celebrations.

A 38-year-old man has appeared in court charged with possessing and supplying dangerous drugs.

He has been remanded in custody until early next month.

Superintendent Paul Ziebath says the drugs were found in an apartment at Surfers Paradise on Friday.

"Almost 1,800 ecstasy tablets, cocaine, heroin, cannabis, as well as other materials," he said.

"That was a significant find in the Surfers Paradise area that we believe was destined for young people over the Surfers Paradise Schoolies weekend."

Superintendent Ziebath says so far there have been no major problems in the Schoolies precinct.

"We haven't had any serious crimes reported against or perpetrated by young people over the weekend, which is pleasing to see," he said.

Three schoolies were arrested for possessing ecstasy last night and another 26 were detained, mainly on drinking and public nuisance charges.

One man died and another was seriously injured in falls from balconies in Surfers Paradise and authorities are urging teenagers to be careful.

More than 30,000 young people are attending the annual celebration.

The chairman of the Schoolies Advisory Group, Mark Raeburn, says some teenagers have been trading or selling the wrist bands that give them access to the Schoolies hub.

He says security guards confiscated 350 wrist bands last night.

"If there's a suggestion of any tampering, it's a case of cut and they are out," he said.

Offending schoolies can apply for more wrist bands the next day.​

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280 street deals of heroin seized at Mansfield Park

280 street deals of heroin seized at Mansfield Park

Police have arrested three men and charged them with drug related offences following the search of an address at Mansfield Park yesterday.

Police attached to Operation Mantle located and seized approximately 28 grams of heroin (280 street deals) and 2 grams (20 street deals) of methamphetamine.

A 53-year-old man and a 31-year-old man both from Mansfield Park will appear at the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court at a later date and a 25-year-old man from Woodville Park will appear at the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court today.​

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[NZ] Ecstasy puts schoolgirls in hospital

[NZ] Ecstasy puts schoolgirls in hospital

ix schoolgirls, the youngest only 13, were taken to hospital after taking tainted Ecstasy pills at school yesterday.

They were so aggressive that the hospital had to call security guards to control them.

The six students from Fairfield College in Hamilton, aged between 13 and 15, were taken to Waikato Hospital by their parents and school staff about 1.30pm after displaying symptoms of drug use.

A female student took the pink tablets to school and gave them to fellow pupils, who reacted badly after swallowing them.

The girls - three aged 13, two 14 and a 15-year-old - were taken to the emergency department by parents and accompanied by the school nurse and deputy principal.

A hospital spokeswoman last night said the girls were treated and discharged into the care of their parents.

She said that although the hospital could not "speak highly enough" of the care and decision-making of Fairfield College staff, the students "did present some issues for us in the emergency department when we were already very busy".


She would not comment further on the girls' behaviour, but said the hospital had to call its security team.

The chairman of Fairfield College's board of trustees, Jonas Hapuku, said the matter had been handed to police, but the school's senior leadership team would meet today to work out the next steps.

The girls would not return to school until their future was discussed at that meeting.

Mr Hapuku said that while the girls were at the hospital, they had an extreme reaction to the drugs and became very aggressive.

The reaction of the Fairfield students is similar to an incident in which "Red Rocket" pills landed six people in hospital in one weekend in September.

Staff at Middlemore Hospital were shocked by the violent seizures and hallucinations.

They said the users were aggressive and some required sedation - behaviour not usually consistent with Ecstasy.

Police who last week busted an alleged criminal syndicate selling thousands of pills each week spoke about the risks in taking Ecstasy or similar drugs - mixed compounds which could be fatal.

The Red Rockets were sold by the alleged syndicate. Others were called Yellow Rockets, Blue Choppers, Green Rolling Stones, Supermans and Pink Lips.

"Those who've been manufacturing such pills have modified the molecular structure of various compounds and, by so doing, created dangerous substances that have been sold as Ecstasy," said Detective Inspector Bruce Good.

"Some of the product we've seized has been made alongside rat poison."

Mr Good said the alleged drug syndicate imported the raw materials, and each week in Auckland was pressing tens of thousands of tablets, which sold for at least $40 each.

It was estimated the syndicate produced between 80 and 90 per cent of New Zealand's Ecstasy over several years.

But Mr Good said manufacturers were "tweaking" the molecular structure of the pills.

"You cannot ignore the dangers. If someone puts an Ecstasy tablet in your mouth, you don't know where it's come from, who's made it, the structure of it and what effect it might have.

"These people are tweaking the structure on a very regular basis. My advice to anyone putting Ecstasy in their mouth: don't."​

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Drug charges, Ayr and Inkerman

Drug charges, Ayr and Inkerman

Two men have been charged with a number of drug offences after police searched a vehicle in Ayr and a house in Inkerman yesterday.

Police stopped a car on Queen Street in Ayr around 1am and allegedly located a quantity of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

They then conducted a search of a house on Mount Alma Road, Inkerman just after 5am and allegedly located drugs and drug paraphernalia

A 20-year-old Inkerman man has been charged with two counts of produce dangerous drug, one count each of possession of a dangerous drug and possession of things used in the commission of a crime.

A 20-year-old North Ward man has been charged with one count each of producing a dangerous drug, possessing instructions for production of dangerous drugs, possession of a dangerous drug and possess utensils.

The men are due to appear in the Ayr Magistrates on December 8.​

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Drug operation, Sunshine Coast

Drug operation, Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast District Criminal Investigation Branch, Drug Enforcement Team working with Oxley Criminal Investigation Branch has today closed a 5 month long drug operation on the Sunshine Coast.

The Operation, code named Ice Vertical, resulted in 12 people being charged, including 8 people from the Caloundra area and 4 people from Forest Lake and Richlands.

The charges relate to drug trafficking, drug possession, drug supply and other minor drug offences.

The operation had focused on the distribution of heroin on the Sunshine Coast and in Brisbane.

Police searched 11 residences and allegedly recovered a quantity of cash, heroin, cannabis and other drug paraphernalia.

The people charged will appear at the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on January 10, 2012.​

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Bikie arrested on drug charges - Oakden

Bikie arrested on drug charges - Oakden

Crime Task Force members yesterday arrested a 52-year-old man at the Adelaide Airport, alleged to be a senior member of the Gypsy Jokers.
On Wednesday 16 November, Crime Gangs members searched the man's Oakden home and premises associated with him at Ingle Farm and Salisbury.

Police will allege they found 7.5kg of cannabis packaged for sale, secreted in concealed compartments within his home.

Police also found eight cannabis plants at Ingle Farm and nine cannabis plants at Salisbury.

A 51-year-old woman was also arrested at the Oakden home and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of cannabis for sale.

They have both been bailed to appear in the Holden Hills Magistrates Court on 22 December 2011.​

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Roadside arrest for drugs, stolen goods

Roadside arrest for drugs, stolen goods

HUNDREDS in cash, 19 gold rings and amphetamines in his possession resulted in one Port Macquarie man being put on a good behaviour bond.
Harold John Kliendienst, 60, of Douglas Street, pleaded guilty on Monday in Port Macquarie Local Court to one count of possessing a prohibited drug, one count of dealing in property that were the suspected proceeds of crime, and one count of goods on personal custody suspected of being stolen.

Magistrate Thomas Hodgson placed Kliendienst on the bond for two years.

Documents tendered to the court stated on May 11 at 4.30pm, police were given reports about people acting

suspiciously in a car parked near a petrol station on Gordon Street.

At the time, two people had been seen in the car, including a man who was sitting in the back seat covering his face with a hooded jumper.

A third person was seen to get in the car after it moved away from the service station.

Police had started to patrol Gordon Street after the reports and found the car in question parked on the Oxley Highway.

Police saw a man and woman in the front section of the car, who were both looking at the floor.

Kliendienst got out of the car when police approached, and it was noted he was acting nervously.

He was feeling for his pockets and

fidgeting. Officers told him to put his hands on the bonnet of the car and they saw him holding something scrunched up in his hand.

Kliendienst surrendered the item, which was a cardboard condom packet with small plastic resealable bags each with .1 grams of amphetamines, also known as “points”, inside.

Police arrested Kliendienst and found on a further search $130 cash in his pocket and two men’s wallets, which he said were both his.

One wallet had $150 cash inside.

Kliendienst also had a list of mobile phone numbers written on paper and text messages were found on his two mobile phones, which suggested supply of illegal drugs.

A further search of his house found four unused plastic bags and three bank cards with names other than Kliendienst’s.

Kliendienst told police he used the bags to “carry pills” and the cards were in his possession because their owners had surrendered them because they owed him money.

Police also removed 19 gold rings, nine of which were women’s style, from Kliendienst’s fingers.

Police believe the rings were pawned or surrendered for payment.​

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Seventh person arrested following investigation into drug and firearms supply - Middl

Seventh person arrested following investigation into drug and firearms supply - Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad

Police have arrested a seventh person following a Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad investigation into a criminal group allegedly supplying drugs and illegal firearms in Sydney.

Strike Force Centre was formed in June 2011 to investigate the ongoing supply of prohibited drugs and the sale of illegal firearms.

Yesterday (Tuesday 22 November 2011) at 4.30pm, officers attended a home in Narraweena and arrested a 20-year-old man.

He was taken to Dee Why Police Station and charged with two counts of supply prohibited drug (commercial quantity).

The man was refused bail to face Hornsby Local Court today.

It’s the seventh arrest by Strike Force officers with five men and one woman currently before the courts on a range of drug and firearms offences.

Since its inception, Strike Force Centre has seized eight firearms, including semi-automatic pistols, more than two kilograms of prohibited drugs, 20 kilograms of precursors used to make prohibited drugs, and a large amount of cash.

Strike Force Centre investigations are continuing and further arrests are expected.​

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[NZ] P ring player could lose bail bond after fleeing from lawyer's office

[NZ] P ring player could lose bail bond after fleeing from lawyer's office

One of the players in the P ring that used SkyCity Casino as an office could lose $200,000 after breaching bail and running from his lawyer's office while awaiting his High Court trial.

Di Wu was found guilty on three methamphetamine supply and conspiracy charges by a majority verdict 10 - 1 at the High Court at Auckland in June last year.

The jury was unable to return a verdict on a fourth charge of possession for supply.

But before trial, Wu signed bail bonds totalling $200,000 to guarantee he would return to court to face trial, the Crown says.

In January 2007 he put up $50,000 as a bail bond but breached bail twice in the following year and went back to jail.

Wu then put up another $150,000 as a second bond and was again given bail.

Police visited his Beach Rd apartment in the Scene One building in downtown Auckland in February 2009 to check on Wu, but when they knocked on the door they got no answer.


Wu was arrested again and this time was remanded in custody.

However four months before his trial was due to start, Wu was granted leave by the court to go to the Auckland offices of his lawyer Ron Mansfield to help prepare legal arguments.

It was during one of these meetings that Wu ran from the lawyer's office. He was on the run for four months before being re-captured by police.

Now the Crown is seeking a court order that could see Wu forfeit the $200,000.

Crown prosecutor Mark Harborow told the High Court at Auckland today that the bail bond made it clear to Wu what would happen if he breached bail.

He said although Wu was not technically on bail when he ran from his lawyer's office, he was not free to go on the run.

"Wu was subject to conditions that he return to custody at 4pm."

Mr Mansfield told the court that the alleged Beach Rd bail breach was not proven and his client says he was home, despite not answering the door.

Mr Mansfield also said that when Wu ran from his office, he was not technically on bail but instead, he had been remanded in custody.

Mr Mansfield said his client was not on bail when he ran from his offices, but had instead breached conditions of custody.

He said when his client had been arrested for the first bail breach, his bail had been revoked.

Justice Timothy Brewer has reserved his decision.

If the judge finds against Wu, he will be able to apply to the court for relief and he may be able to keep at least part of the bail bond.

Wu, known as Elvis, is currently serving a prison sentence of 12 years and six months with a minimum non-parole period of six years and three months.

His conviction came after the fourth trial arising from the police's year-long Operation Manu, which investigated Asian organised crime running a multimillion-dollar P ring from the VIP lounge of SkyCity casino.

The key figure in the gang, Ri Tong Zhou, 41, was jailed for 15 years after admitting more than 30 methamphetamine-related charges including the supply of more than $3 million worth of P in just two months.

Zhou spent more than $8m at the casino to launder the money.

In sentencing Zhou, Justice Rhys Harrison criticised SkyCity casino for the way it had been used by the drug dealers - Zhou had used the VIP lounge as a hub for discussing the buying and selling of methamphetamine.​

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[NZ] Man arrested after AOS drug raid in Hawke's Bay

[NZ] Man arrested after AOS drug raid in Hawke's Bay

A man has been arrested on drugs charges after police and the armed offenders squad raided two properties in central Hawke's Bay early this morning.

The first property was a house in Takapau, the second an industrial shed across the road from Waipawa Primary School.

"The Waipukurau police, in conjunction with the AOS, carried out two search warrants, one in Takapau and the other in Waipawa,'' Waipukurau Detective John Brans said.

"As a result a man has been arrested on drugs charges and will appear in court either today or tomorrow.''

Mr Brans said the warrants were the result of tip-offs from members of the public.

Residents spoken to said they believed the building may have been used as a P lab.

Police with sniffer dogs remained at the scene this morning.​

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Trial opens of alleged interstate drug smugglers

Trial opens of alleged interstate drug smugglers

Two men are on trial in the Perth District Court over the discovery of drugs worth $7 million on a plane that landed at Jandakot airport.

Jamieson Andrew Santos and Joseph Frank Micalizzi were arrested when the plane landed in March 2008.

The court was told police found 30,000 ecstasy tablets and more than 20 kilograms of methylamphetamine in a black bag.

Mr Santos had flown the plane, with Mr Micalizzi as his passenger, from Bankstown in New South Wales.

Prosecutors allege the men were part of a criminal enterprise that involved others who may never be identified.

Both men have pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing the drugs with intent to sell or supply.

In a video recording played to the court just after the plane landed, both of them deny being the owner of the bag containing the drugs.

The trial is set down for four weeks.​

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Five charged over heroin supply ring - Taree

Five charged over heroin supply ring - Taree

Police have charged five people in relation to an illegal drug supply network in the Taree area.

In September this year, investigators from the Manning/Great Lakes Target Action Group formed Operation Blowfly to target the illegal supply of heroin in the area.

Two months of intense investigation culminated today (Wednesday 23 November) when police raided two homes on Bruntell Street in Taree.

Police arrested a 28-year-old woman and brothers, aged 44 and 47, at one address.

When police entered the other home, they will allege a woman, aged 30, and a man, aged 31, were in the process of packaging heroin.

The pair was arrested and police seized several grams of heroin and cannabis.

The 31-year-old man, 30-year-old woman and the two brothers have been charged with numerous counts of supplying heroin. They have been refused bail and will appear at Taree Local Court tomorrow.

The 28-year-old man has been charged with one count of supplying heroin and will appear at Taree Local Court on December 13 after she was granted conditional bail.

Manning/Great Lakes Crime Manager, Detective Inspector Peter McKenna said his officers’ hard work proved crucial in helping to crack the street level drug supply network.

“It is pleasing to see the determination of my police lead to such a great result in disrupting the local drug supply,” Det Insp McKenna said.​

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[NZ] Bail forfeit sought for P ring player

[NZ] Bail forfeit sought for P ring player

One of the players in the P ring that used SkyCity Casino as an office could lose $200,000 after breaching bail and running from his lawyer's office while awaiting his High Court trial.

Di Wu was found guilty on three methamphetamine supply and conspiracy charges last year.

The jury was unable to return a verdict on a fourth charge of possession for supply.

Wu signed bail bonds totalling $200,000.

He breached bail three times and was remanded in custody but granted leave to go to his lawyer's office. It was during one of these meetings Wu ran from the office and was on the run for four months before being recaptured.

The Crown is seeking forfeiture of the $200,000.​

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