2013-2014 Drug arrests

When we look at the Cannabis it is grown in Australia, the MAJOR SUPPLIER into Sydney has not been hit?  You tell me why?  

We have to look at some of the Cannabis busts have been for a few plants.  Yet this is a Medical herb for the sick and should be legalised because the major problem is the drug ice epidemic we have on the streets of Sydney and further.

Yet this gang that feeds the alleged drug ice is also importing guns for protection.  Protection from who?  Rat eat rat is the game they play.

The illicit drug report pulls together data from state and territory police units, as well as the Australian federal police (AFP) and the Customs and Border Protection Service. It finds authorities made more than 110,000 drug arrests in the 2013-14 financial year and seized a record 27 tonnes of illicit substances.
“Alarmingly, that is one arrest every five minutes and one seizure every six minutes,” Justice Minister Michael Keenan said. “There is no doubt that we are disrupting more criminals and detecting more illicit drugs than ever before but the illicit drug market still remains the principal source of profits for organised crime in Australia and continues to be a key focus for all of our law enforcement agencies.” The report, now in its 12th year, finds there were:
*Nearly 67,000 arrests for cannabis / over 7,000 kg seized
*More than 26,000 arrests for amphetamine-type stimulants / nearly 4,100 kg seized
*Nearly 2,800 arrests for heroin / 158 kg seized; and
*Over 1,450 arrests for cocaine / 317 kg seized.
Dawson noted a “market shift” in the demand for heroin, noting it is “not as high as it has been in previous years”.

Drug seizures at record level says Australian Crime Commission

Authorities made more than 110,000 drug arrests in the 2013-14 financial year, and seized 27 tonnes of illicit substances

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Bankstown was a supply link in the days of Abe Saffron, it is just 2 degrees away from where the drug network existed in the past.  

Three men arrested as meth supply syndicate dismantled - Polaris Joint Waterfront Taskforce

Friday, 31 October 2014 05:52:29 AM

Members of the Polaris Joint Waterfront Taskforce have arrested three men following an investigation into the supply of prohibited drugs by a man working for an international air cargo company.

In July 2014, the Polaris Joint Waterfront Taskforce formed Operation Apterous to investigate an air cargo company employee who was allegedly involved in the supply of methylamphetamine.

Around 3pm on Wednesday (29 October 2014), officers attached to the Polaris Joint Waterfront Taskforce arrested a 44-year-old Wattle Grove man near Bankstown.

A short time later, officers arrested a 48-year-old man at Beverly Hills and a 46-year-old man at Hurstville.

Following the arrests, search warrants were executed at homes in Wattle Grove and Narwee, and at a business in Hurstville.

Methylamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and electronic equipment were seized during the warrants.

The 44-year-old man was charged with ongoing drug supply and bail refused. He appeared in Burwood Local Court yesterday (Thursday 30 October 2014), where he was again refused bail to next appear on Wednesday 5 November 2014.

The 48-year-old man was also charged with ongoing drug supply and refused bail. He appeared in Kogarah Local Court yesterday, where he was again bail refused to next appear in Sutherland Local Court today (Friday 31 October 2014).

The 46-year-old man was charged with two counts of drug supply before being granted bail to appear at Kogarah Local Court on Tuesday 2 December 2014.

The Commander of the Polaris Joint Waterfront Taskforce, Detective Superintendent Nick Bingham, commended the officers attached to Operation Apterous for their outstanding investigative work.

“The Polaris officers working this case have delivered another excellent investigation, dismantling a drug supply syndicate involved in the distribution of methylamphetamine.

“Methylamphetamine is a drug that we see, daily, having an adverse impact on the community. In particular, it has a profound effect on the families of those who are addicted and the emergency workers who respond to methylamphetamine-related incidents,” Det Supt Bingham said.

The Polaris Joint Waterfront Taskforce comprises the NSW Police Force, Australian Federal Police, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and Australian Crime Commission. It is one of three such multi-agency taskforces on the Australian east coast targeting serious and organised crime in the maritime sector and supply chain.

O'Riordan Road Mascot.....Pub.....Drug Bust.....alleged Hells' Angel's area?

Two men arrested, more than $1 million worth of 'Ice' seized - SCC Asian Crime Squad

Wednesday, 15 January 2014 11:51:04 AM

Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Asian Crime Squad have arrested two men and seized more than $1 million worth of methylamphetamine following an operation in Sydney’s south-east.

Last year, detectives from the Asian Crime Squad commenced an investigation into a group allegedly involved in the supply of methylamphetamine (‘Ice’).

Shortly after 3.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 14 January 2014), detectives, with the assistance of specialist officers from the Tactical Operations Unit, arrested two men at a hotel on O’Riordan Street in Mascot.

Detectives will allege the men were in possession of more than one kilogram of ‘Ice’ and were at the hotel with the intention of selling the drugs.

The men – a 25-year-old and a 22-year-old, both from Rhodes – were taken to Mascot Police Station where they were each charged with supplying a large commercial amount of prohibited drugs.

A number of items of interest – including more than 400 grams of ‘Ice’, mobile phones, and drug paraphernalia – were seized by police during a search warrant executed at the men’s unit in Rhodes.

Police estimate that the street value of the drugs seized (approximately 1.4 kilograms in total) is $1.4 million.

The two men have been refused bail and are scheduled to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today (Wednesday 15 January 2014).