Police & Courts Don't miss out on the headlines from Police & Courts. Followed categories will be added to My News. Organised crime detectives investigating an alleged meth ring have seized more than $3m worth of gold, over $1.
5m cash and 100,000 illicit cigarettes. Three people were on Tuesday arrested after a lengthy VIPER task force investigation into the alleged supply and distribution of methamphetamine in Melbourne’s north. Detectives executed three search warrants at homes in Taylors Hill and Kealba and a storage facility in Brooklyn where they seized huge proceeds of crime.
Items seized at Taylors Hill included $1m worth of cash, $250,000 worth of luxury handbags and about $500,000 worth of gold bars. Detectives have seized more than $3m worth of gold while investigating an alleged meth ring. Picture: Victoria Police A Taylors Hill woman, 35, was arrested and interviewed before she was released pending further inquiries.
About 750kg of loose leaf tobacco, or “chop chop”, with a value to illicit retailers of $250,000, was seized from the Brooklyn storage joint. At a home in Kealba, near Keilor, officers located 100,000 illicit smokes, around $250,000 worth of luxury handbags and more than $100,000 in cash. A 50-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman inside the home were arrested and released pending further inquiries.
A further 24kg of gold bullion, worth $3.3m, and $750,000 in cash was also seized from a storage vault in the CBD. Detective Inspector Mark Newlan sa.
