Drug haul worth $12m seized across Sydney

Prohibited drugs, worth more than $12 million, firearms and cash have been seized as a part of a police investigation in Sydney and on the NSW South Coast.

Six men have been charged after an investigation into the alleged supply of prohibited drugs and alleged criminal activities.

Police will allege a criminal syndicate was supplying prohibited drugs, including cocaine, MDMA and methylamphetamine, across Sydney's eastern beaches, south-west Sydney and the South Coast.

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Following an extensive investigation, a 36-year-old man was arrested at a car park in Bulli near Wollongong yesterday.

Shortly after the arrest, investigators searched properties across Sydney in Dover Heights, Miranda, Revesby, Pyrmont, Peakhurst, Rose Bay, Taren Point and Zetland.

During the searches, officers seized 12.5 kilograms of illegal drugs – including a large brick of cocaine with 'DIOR' carved into it.

Large quantities of MDMA, and methylamphetamine (ice) were also sized during the searches along with $1.2 million cash, three firearms, ammunition, four luxury cars, jewellery valued at $1 million and 100 litres of chemicals used in the manufacture of prohibited drugs.

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Six men have been charged after an investigation into the alleged supply of prohibited drugs and alleged criminal activities.

A further five men – aged 26, 28, 31, 31 and 47 – were arrested during the search warrants and taken to local police stations and charged.

They were all refused bail to appear in various courts today.



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