DETECTIVES from the Organised Crime Squad have arrested two men and seized one kilogram of methylamphetamine, four pistols, and more than $40,000 as part of an investigation into a drug supply syndicate.
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About 1.30pm on Tuesday, police stopped and searched a car travelling southbound on the Princes Highway in Albion Park.
Inside the vehicle, officers located and seized approximately one kilogram of methylamphetamine concealed within a sports bag in the car’s boot.
The two men travelling inside the car, a 33-year-old and a 37-year-old, both from Epping, were arrested and taken to Wollongong Police Station.
Following the arrests, detectives executed search warrants at four properties in Hurstville, two properties in Epping and one property in West Ryde. Two cars were also searched.
As a result of the warrants, detectives located and seized four pistols, more than $40,000 in cash, money counters, chemistry equipment, numerous items believed to have been used in the supply of illicit drugs, mobile phones, laptops and documentation.
The two men from Epping were both charged with large commercial drug supply and bail refused to appear before Port Kembla Local Court on Wednesday.
They are next due to appear in Port Kembla Local Court on December 17.
The Commander of the Organised Crime Squad, Detective Superintendent Scott Cook, said preventing illicit drugs from reaching NSW streets remained one of his team’s primary priorities.
“The offence of supplying a large commercial quantity of drugs in NSW carries a penalty up to life imprisonment,” Detective Superintendent Cook said.
“Every time we seize illicit drugs we’re not only hitting the pockets of organised criminals, we’re preventing the poison they peddle from reaching the wider community.”
