Police have arrested 11 individuals and seized $600,000 price of medicine and money after a prolonged operation in regional Victoria.
The eight-month investigation targeted on dismantling Shepparton’s main suppliers, with police alleging medicine had been transported from Melbourne to a trafficking ring in Victoria’s north.
Officers raided 13 properties and storage sheds in Shepparton and Melbourne on Wednesday and Thursday, seizing $150,000 price of methamphetamine, $100,000 of MDMA, $132,000 of cocaine, $10,000 of hashish, $150,000 in money, a pistol and ammunition, and three allegedly stolen motorbikes.
‘This week’s efforts have seen police take away vital quantities of medicine from Shepparton streets, hanging a significant blow to the illicit drug commerce,’ Shepparton crime investigation unit Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Shortis mentioned in a press release.
‘We all know that drug use usually serves as a springboard to different severe crimes, which might have devastating penalties for our group.’
These arrested included eight males from Shepparton, who had been all charged with drug trafficking.
Victoria Police arrested 11 individuals after an eight-month investigation into an alleged drug trafficking ring at Shepparton within the state’s north
“This week’s efforts have seen police take away vital quantities of medicine from Shepparton streets, hanging a significant blow to the illicit drug commerce,” Shepparton crime investigation unit Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Shortis mentioned in a press release
