SYDNEY, Jul 14 (NNN-AAP) – Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), charged five men, executed 13 warrants, seized 15 million Australian dollars (about 10.3 million U.S. dollars) worth of drugs, and frozen eight million Australian dollars (about 5.5 million U.S. dollars) worth of assets in a two-day blitz.
In a statement released today, NSW Police Force noted that, the operation, targeting transnational organised crime syndicates, was conducted between Wednesday and yesterday.
Detectives executed a search warrant on Bridge Street in Erskineville, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, at about 7:20 p.m. local time yesterday.
During the search, they seized approximately 25 kg of ketamine, 10 kg of imported amphetamine, nine kg of cocaine, 4.5 kg of methylenedioxy methylamphetamine (MDMA), two kg of cannabis, approximately 580,000 Australian dollars (about 399, 579 U.S. dollars) in cash, and mobile phones.
The combined street value of the drugs seized was estimated to be more than 15 million Australian dollars (about 10.3 million U.S. dollars).
Police officers then executed search warrants at addresses in Canterbury and Kingsgrove, where they arrested three men, aged 27, 28 and 29.
Yesterday, eight simultaneous search warrants were carried out across Berala, Granville, Lidcombe, Bankstown, Potts Hill, Burwood, Haymarket, and Sydney’s central business district.
Two men, aged 51 and 26, were taken to the police station, with assets to the value of eight million Australian dollars (about 5.5 million U.S. dollars) frozen.– NNN-AAP
