Police investigating the large-scale supply of methylamphetamine (ice) in Sydney’s south west have charged four people – aged between 51 and 61 – after uncovering a clandestine drug laboratory near Cabramatta.
“In November last year, officers from Wetherill Park Region Enforcement Squad (RES) established Strike Force Dowed to investigate a criminal syndicate involved in the supply of methylamphetamine (ice) across the South West Metropolitan Region,” NSW Police said in a statement early this morning.
Investigators, with assistance from South West Metropolitan Region Operations Support Groups (OSG), executed four search warrants at homes at Cabramatta West, Cabramatta, Mt Pritchard and Yagoona, seizing the illicit drug, ice, and $45,500 in cash.
“In a search of the Cabramatta West home, officers located a large-scale clandestine laboratory and established a crime scene,” police said.
A 51-year-old Mt Pritchard man was charged with 11 offences including supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity), nine counts of supply prohibited drug (indictable quantity) and knowingly deal with proceeds of crime.
A 51-year-old Cabramatta West man was charged with six offences including supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity), four counts of supply prohibited drug (indictable quantity) and knowingly deal with proceeds of crime.
A 54-year-old Yagoona woman was charged with 10 offences including supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity), eight counts of supply prohibited drug (indictable quantity) and knowingly deal with proceeds of crime.
All three have been refused bail to appear at Liverpool Local Court today.
A 61-year-old Cabramatta man was charged with nine offences including supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity), four counts of supply prohibited drug (indictable quantity), knowingly deal with proceeds of crime and three counts of possess prohibited drug. He was refused bail to appear at Liverpool Local Court on May 14.
