Details have risen concerning a five-year-old boy who was allegedly used by his uncle as a drug mule to sell heroin in inner-city Sydney.
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Man to face court today accused of using a child in drug supply - Woolloomooloo
Tuesday, 30 December 2014 11:44:13 AM
A man will face court today after he allegedly used a young child to assist in the ongoing supply of drugs in the Woolloomooloo area.
Earlier this year Kings Cross Local Area Command established Strike Force Fairbairn, to investigate the supply of drugs in the Woolloomooloo area.
Police will allege that between 1 and 5 December 2014, they observed a 34-year-old man, supplying heroin to a male person on five separate occasions.
On three of the occasions, police will allege a child of approximately five years of age was used by the man to collect money for the transactions.
About 8am today (Tuesday 30 December 201), officers from Kings Cross Proactive Crime Team executed a search warrant at a home on Dowling Street where they arrested a 34-year-old man.
During the search warrant police seized a number of items related to the offences that will undergo forensic examination.
He was taken to Kings Cross Police Station where he was charged with ongoing supply of prohibited drug, supply prohibited drug (x5), and procure child under the age of 16 years to take part in the supply of a prohibited drug (x3).
He has been bail refused and will appear at Parramatta Local Court today.
The arrest is the fifth arrests as a result of Strike Force Fairbairn with 34 offences, including four ongoing drug supply offences.
Investigations into the supply of drugs in the area are continuing and police urge anyone with information to come forward. Police remind members of the public that they can remain anonymous.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Man charged with drug supply - Kings Cross
Tuesday, 30 December 2014 07:32:14 PM
A man has been charged with the alleged supply of methylamphetamine and MDMA following a police operation in Kings Cross.
Strike Force Fairbairn was formed to investigate the supply of prohibited drugs in the Kings Cross Local Area Command.
As part of their investigations, police will allege a 22-year-old man supplied a prohibited drug from an address in John Street, Mascot, in November 2014.
The man, from Green Point, was today charged with two counts of supply prohibited drug and is due to appear in Waverley Local Court on Tuesday 10 February 2015.
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