Police swoop on drugs

It's alleged a total of around 3.8 tonnes of 1,4 butanediol, 6kg of ecstacy, 3kg of ice and 15kg of dried cannabis was seized along with a substantial amount of cash.

CASH and more than three tonnes of drugs were seized by police after warrants were executed throughout north-west Melbourne, with a Hampton Park man charged.
It’s alleged a total of around 3.8 tonnes of 1,4 butanediol, 6kg of ecstacy, 3kg of ice and 15kg of dried cannabis was seized along with a substantial amount of cash.
Warrants were executed on Tuesday 14 June at properties in Lygon Street, Brunswick, Racecourse Road, Flemington, Ashley Street, Braybrook and Station Street, Coburg.
Detectives arrested five men and one woman who faced an out of sessions hearing last night charged with trafficking a large commercial quantity of illicit drugs.
Those included a 25-year-old Coburg man, 30-year-old Hampton Park man, 29-year-old Glenroy man, 30-year-old Keilor East man, 29-year-old Craigieburn man and a 25-year-old woman.
Investigators allegedly recovered a firearm and stolen vehicle in Derrimut Street, Albion.
The men and woman were remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 15 June.