Kings Cross arrests 2 Strike Forces investigating cocaine the alleged Scorpion gang

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Fourth person charged over alleged cocaine supply - Strike Force Dickson/Larkhill

Tuesday, 12 January 2016 03:23:16 PM

Police have charged a fourth person following further investigations into the alleged supply of prohibited drugs at two licensed premises in Kings Cross.

Last year, police from Kings Cross Local Area Command formed Strike Force Dickson and Strike Force Larkhill to investigate the alleged supply of cocaine by the clubs’ staff to clientele.

This culminated in the execution of simultaneous search warrants at the clubs, both located on Darlinghurst Road, about 11pm on Saturday 19 December 2015.

Two women and a man were arrested during those raids and charged at Kings Cross Police Station with a range of drug-supply offences. They all remain before the courts.

Following further investigations, a 24-year-old woman attended Kings Cross Police Station yesterday (Monday 11 January 2016).

She was arrested and charged with two counts of supply prohibited drug.

The woman was given strict conditional bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday 2 February 2016.

The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority has received long-term closure order applications in relation to the premises.

Both clubs have voluntarily suspended trading while these applications are under review by the authority.

Bada Bing Kings Cross

THE son of the owner of Kings Cross strip club Bada Bing has been jailed for bashing a man who hired an escort from the club and claimed she promised him “the time of our life”.

Dimitri Papadopoulos, 19, was one of three men found guilty of bashing Bondi tennis coach Ronen Israeli so severely outside the nightspot he was left with a fractured face and a smashed cheek bone.

Papadopoulos is the son of Gary Papadopoulos and works at the club as a cashier, the Downing Centre Local Court heard.

Mr Israeli told gave evidence in court that he paid $350 to the cashier at club to take a Swedish “hostess” named Annika Sorensen out of the club to his Coogee home to have sex with her.

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The new liquor licensing laws no longer make it an offence for a sex worker to solicit in licensed premises. BUT, under liquor licensing laws it may be an offence for licensees to allow soliciting on their premises because this could be defined as 'indecent conduct'.

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Other material presented included claims that Responsible Service of ­Alcohol marshalls were turning a blind eye to excessive drinking and were spotted doing shots at the bar on one occasion. The high levels of alcohol consumption resulted in patrons starting trouble on the streets after leaving, police said, and, in one case, a stripper was caught drink-driving after consuming "two alcohol drinks during her shift on the premises".