A 51-year-old Cessnock man with three counts of supply prohibited drug, and participate criminal group contribute criminal activity. Police executed a search warrant at a residence in Lunar Parade as part of an alleged drug bust across both Dubbo and Wellington. Tim Bosher: of Palm Beach in Sydney was the largest shareholder and director of CITECT which was sold to Schneider Electrics Australia. Police are expected to comment on the raids later this morning. Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders said he hoped the police operation would end Wellington's reputation as a drug capital. JOHANNESBURG - Police have made a major drug bust at a residential property in Randburg. They also seized cannabis with an estimated potential street value of almost $900,000. Officers have since charged seven of the eight people arrested.  A 56-year-old Cessnock man was charged with three counts of supply prohibited drug including supply commercial quantity, and knowingly participate in criminal group assist crime. Dubbo Drug Bust: Their team, Rusty Bumpers, will cruise from Dubbo through a 2500km unknown route in the Mystery Box Rally to raise funds for the Cancer Council.

Police video footage showed recently cut cannabis plants hanging upside down from wood palings. Police from the State Crime Command’s Drugs and Firearms Squad formed Strike Force Hyperion to investigate cannabis cultivation in NSW. In the town, shops and pubs were decorated Keep up-to-date with all the local news - sign up here. "Our investigation has now (allegedly) completely smashed this syndicate, netting not just low-level distributors, but the ‘kingpins’ at the top. In Dubbo Local Court, Adam Carnevale, 43, and Caine Rootes, 29, were refused bail while their co-accused Tracey Gould, 38, was granted conditional bail.

. Police also searched five properties in Bankstown, Bass Hill, Condell Park and two in Yagoona, in Sydney south-west, where they arrested six more men, aged between 23 and 53-years-old. The operation consisted of more than 80 police in the field including officers from Orana Mid-Western police district, Hunter Valley police district, Australian Border Force and the NSW Crime Commission. The raids were conducted on Monday at properties at Dubbo and two search warrants at properties at Cessnock, as a result of an eight month investigation. NSW Police said in a statement more arrests are expected as inquiries continue. It's alleged they tried to get prohibited items into the Wellington and Macquarie Correctional Centres on the weekend, when Orana-Mid Western Police District and NSW Corrective Services officers conducted a joint operation targeting the introduction of prohibited items. https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/GMKvK84M5A5FHV7YRfPyDf/71885238-7a5e-4795-b148-d176a6157e35.JPG/r419_305_3154_1850_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg, Western Advocate's trusted source for property, Four air safety investigators on-site after light plane double fatality, Parents get green light to attend school end-of-year celebrations, Full STEM ahead: Work under way on Scots All Saints' innovation centre, U.S. election: Biden victory would be the best result for Australia, Demonstrations on US streets as Trump files lawsuits to contest count, Police begin investigating final moments in plane fatality. A 25-year-old Dubbo woman charged with supplying drugs and introducing bringing a prohibited item in. Those profits get diverted into other illicit activities, including drug manufacture, ice [and] money laundering. A 56-year-old Cessnock man was charged with three counts of supply prohibited drug including supply commercial quantity, and knowingly participate in criminal group assist crime. A GTS HT Monaro was also seized by police in the major drug operation alongside the V8 Supercar Falcon, which police alleged to was purchased with the proceeds of. Five of the men who fronted court on drugs charges will remain behind bars. Three Dubbo men were also charged after the raids. NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Peter McKenna says Wellington should be celebrating after a significant drug bust on Wednesday that has … Worryingly, a used syringe was spotted in a gutter outside the Lunar Avenue residence At the same time, five warrants were executed in Wellington. Firearms were also seized in the raid. 'More than just your average drug bust': police hail arrest of alleged ice syndicate kingpins. Five men aged between 25 and 35 were arrested yesterday with police alleging they have been supplying the drug Alpha PVP, commonly known as 'bath salts', and firearms in the Dubbo region. EARLIER: Police have launched an early morning raid on premises in Dubbo and Wellington as they continue a push against drugs.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller, who was in Wellington on Wednesday morning to oversee the operation, said: "Ice is such a destructive drug, it kills people and it tears families apart – and we know its devastation is particularly evident in our regional communities. The men and women were refused bail to appear in court today. A 28-year-old Wellington man charged with two first instance warrants and possessing heroin. A 28-year-old Griffith woman charged with two outstanding first instance warrants. Eight people have been charged across the state and more than $18 million worth of cannabis seized. According …

According to the Newcastle Herald, the raids took place earlier today as party of Strike Force Bato, which has been formed to combat commercial supply of cannabis.

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Seven people will face court today after NSW Police executed a massive drug bust yesterday, in which a Ford Falcon V8 Supercar was seized. Police seized drugs, cash and stolen property in raids on 9 homes in Dubbo and Wellington today. Worryingly, a used syringe was spotted in a gutter outside the Lunar Avenue residence. Prior to Wednesday's operation, police say they had seized 14 kilograms of methylamphetamine with an estimated street value of $10.5 million, 2.4 kilograms of heroin, 80 litres of GHB, 21 firearms and more than $215,000 in cash. They questioned the female occupant at Orange Police Station after seizing a quantity of white powder suspected of being an illicit drug. The men and women charged were from Orange, Dubbo, Bourke, Wellington and Griffith. Police have arrested 16 people in the central west and Sydney for their alleged involvement in a drug syndicate.

Three men were arrested, including the president of the Sydney chapter of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang, when detectives from Strike Force Hyperion stormed a remote 115-hectare property near Mudgee on Monday. 9:31am: It is believed that at least 10 people are in custody as a result of today’s raids across Dubbo and Wellington. Get our Editor's Weekly Wrap featuring the best local news and stories, as well as our Breaking News Alerts.

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