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Neighbour, dog nab cop
Elissa Hunt
11dec03
AN alert neighbour helped catch an allegedly corrupt detective red-handed after he stole $1.3 million in drugs, a court heard yesterday.
Drug investigator Detective Senior Constable Dave Miechel is alleged to have sprayed himself with dog repellent -- but that did not stop a police dog attacking him when he tried to jump over a fence.
Court documents allege he stole $1.3 million in drugs from a house, putting them over the back fence to avoid his own police unit's surveillance cameras at the front.
The house was at the centre of a major drug investigation called Operation Galup, mounted against a suspected $8.5 million drug ring.
The primary investigators were Sen-Det Miechel, 33, and Detective Sergeant Paul Noel Dale, 34, who was in charge.
A summary tendered to Melbourne Magistrates' Court yesterday alleged that on September 27, a neighbour saw two men in black approach the door of the Dublin St house.
They are alleged to have broken the porch light and forced the front door, prompting the neighbour to call police.
Within minutes, two men in dark clothes and beanies or balaclavas were seen crossing into a nearby primary school.
Two police officers from the canine unit arrived and saw a man, alleged to be Sen-Det Miechel, running off.
They called out to him to stop, and released a police dog when he kept running.
The dog is said to have grabbed the detective's leg; but he would not lie down and put his hands behind his back, telling the police officer he was "in the job".
The court heard Sen-Det Miechel broke free and fled again, before the dog again snared his left calf as he tried to scale a fence.
Sen-Det Miechel is alleged to have then elbowed the police officer in the neck or chest. The police officer hit him with a torch to subdue him.
Sen-Det Miechel says he was in the area to change surveillence tapes and saw someone fleeing, so gave chase.
At the rear of the house, a bag of drugs was found containing thousands of LSD tickets, amphetamines, ecstasy tablets and "ice" worth more than $1.3 million on the street.
The next day, the house was raided. Four people were charged over 150,000 ecstasy tablets, 3kg of MDMA powder, 2kg of "ice" and 5000 LSD tablets.
The summary alleged that Det-Sgt Dale and Sen-Det Miechel had planned the burglary for some time. It is alleged that Sen-Det Miechel sprayed himself with dog repellent because there were dogs living in the house that they plotted to burgle.
Sen-Det Miechel allegedly told ethical standards officers that he was taking a motorbike ride when he decided to check on the surveillence tapes at the house.
Both he and Det-Sgt Dale were arrested last week on charges relating to a conspiracy to steal drugs from the house and traffic them. Neither has yet applied for bail.
Elissa Hunt
11dec03
AN alert neighbour helped catch an allegedly corrupt detective red-handed after he stole $1.3 million in drugs, a court heard yesterday.
Drug investigator Detective Senior Constable Dave Miechel is alleged to have sprayed himself with dog repellent -- but that did not stop a police dog attacking him when he tried to jump over a fence.
Court documents allege he stole $1.3 million in drugs from a house, putting them over the back fence to avoid his own police unit's surveillance cameras at the front.
The house was at the centre of a major drug investigation called Operation Galup, mounted against a suspected $8.5 million drug ring.
The primary investigators were Sen-Det Miechel, 33, and Detective Sergeant Paul Noel Dale, 34, who was in charge.
A summary tendered to Melbourne Magistrates' Court yesterday alleged that on September 27, a neighbour saw two men in black approach the door of the Dublin St house.
They are alleged to have broken the porch light and forced the front door, prompting the neighbour to call police.
Within minutes, two men in dark clothes and beanies or balaclavas were seen crossing into a nearby primary school.
Two police officers from the canine unit arrived and saw a man, alleged to be Sen-Det Miechel, running off.
They called out to him to stop, and released a police dog when he kept running.
The dog is said to have grabbed the detective's leg; but he would not lie down and put his hands behind his back, telling the police officer he was "in the job".
The court heard Sen-Det Miechel broke free and fled again, before the dog again snared his left calf as he tried to scale a fence.
Sen-Det Miechel is alleged to have then elbowed the police officer in the neck or chest. The police officer hit him with a torch to subdue him.
Sen-Det Miechel says he was in the area to change surveillence tapes and saw someone fleeing, so gave chase.
At the rear of the house, a bag of drugs was found containing thousands of LSD tickets, amphetamines, ecstasy tablets and "ice" worth more than $1.3 million on the street.
The next day, the house was raided. Four people were charged over 150,000 ecstasy tablets, 3kg of MDMA powder, 2kg of "ice" and 5000 LSD tablets.
The summary alleged that Det-Sgt Dale and Sen-Det Miechel had planned the burglary for some time. It is alleged that Sen-Det Miechel sprayed himself with dog repellent because there were dogs living in the house that they plotted to burgle.
Sen-Det Miechel allegedly told ethical standards officers that he was taking a motorbike ride when he decided to check on the surveillence tapes at the house.
Both he and Det-Sgt Dale were arrested last week on charges relating to a conspiracy to steal drugs from the house and traffic them. Neither has yet applied for bail.
