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NSW – Australia: Four arrested following investigation into drug syndicate – Strike Force Winetr

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August 28, 2023

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Police have charged four people after an extensive investigation into an alleged drug-supply syndicate operating in the Fairfield area.

In April 2023, Wetherill Park Region Enforcement Squad (RES) established Strike Force Winetr to investigate the activities of a syndicate believed to be involved in ‘dial-a dealer’-style supply of cocaine.

Following extensive inquiries, strike force investigators executed search warrants at homes in Fairfield West, Smithfield and Bossley Park from 10.30am yesterday (Friday 25 August 2023).

They were assisted by officers attached to Bankstown Region Enforcement Squad, Southwest Metropolitan Operations Support Group and Raptor Squad.

During the searches, police seized a number of electronic devices, prohibited drugs, a knife, ammunition and over $70,000 cash. The items will undergo further examination.

Four men were arrested and taken to Fairfield Police Station where they were charged.

A 24-year-old Fairfield West man was charged with 17 offences; including two counts of supplying a commercial quantity of prohibited drugs; nine counts of supplying an indictable quantity of prohibited drugs, knowingly direct activities of criminal group, and deal with property proceeds of crime.

A 21-year-old Smithfield man was also charged with 17 offences; including supplying a commercial quantity of prohibited drugs, six counts of supplying an indictable quantity of prohibited drug, and participate criminal group contribute criminal activity.

A 25-year-old Bossley Park man was charged with five counts of supplying an indicatable quantity of prohibited drug; participate in criminal group, supplying prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis; and take part in the supplying of an indictable quantity of cannabis.

The three men were refused bail to appear before Parramatta Bail Court today (Saturday 26 August 2023).

A 17-year-old boy, also from Bossley Park, was charged supply prohibited drug and possess prohibited drug.

He was granted conditional bail to appear before a children’s court on Monday 18 September 2023.

Investigations under Strike Force Winetr continue.

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Shipment of grapes entering Canada hid massive stash of suspected cocaine

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November 3, 2024

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More than 600 kilograms of suspected cocaine — roughly the weight of a concert grand piano — was discovered inside a shipment of grapes intercepted by border officers earlier this month.

The seizure took place on Oct. 15 at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency says an investigation is underway with law enforcement partners.

The agency declined an interview and said it doesn’t comment on the status of ongoing investigations.

CBSA hasn’t provided an estimate of the street value of the 615 kilograms, but earlier this year estimated the value of a cocaine seizure less than half this size at $6.5 million.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-cocaine-grapes-1.7368639

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UK: Drug dealer caught with imitation gun and cocaine after swearing at passing police car

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October 19, 2024

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Miguel Mota, 18, was stopped by neighbourhood police officers after he shouted abuse at them and then tried to run. In the video above, the officer can be heard saying “You’re bringing attention to yourself by saying ‘f**k you’ as we drive past you”.

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Dad of Brit facing 60yrs in US prison for ‘trying to smuggle £3.5m in cocaine’ insists she is ‘only guilty of stupidity’

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October 15, 2024

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THE DAD of a Brit beautician facing up to 60 years in jail in the US after allegedly smuggling £3.5million worth of cocaine has insisted she is “only guilty of stupidity”.

John Hall, 59, defended his daughter Kim, 28, after she was detained at Chicago’s O’Hare airport as she was waiting for her connecting flight to Manchester.

The dad said she was offered the free holiday by people she met on an earlier trip to Portugal.

And he insisted all she is guilty of is “stupidity and naivety” as they desperately wait for news.

John said that she is “petrified” – and that at first she could barely speak to her family through floods of tears after the arrest.

The dad is convinced that Kim would have been “forced” to carry the drugs “without a shadow of a doubt”.

John told The Sun: “She’s not a drug smuggler.

“She was told that it would be money she was carrying. They got her phone and threatened her family and that’s why she did it.

“She’d been to Portugal with a friend and met people over there who contacted her when she was back saying they were into real estate in Mexico and she could go for a free holiday.

“Her friend declined but she said she would go.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31038866/dad-brit-drug-mule-cocaine-prison/

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