Police have charged five people in relation to drug trafficking and dismantled a national drug syndicate after a series of search warrants in Queensland and Victoria were executed on Wednesday.
Simultaneous search warrants were executed at Inala, Oxley and Sumner in Queensland, and Cairnlea, St Albans and Hampton in Victoria, with a substantial amount of drugs and cash being located.
During the searches, conducted by the Drug and Serious Crime Group, in conjunction with officers from the Victoria Police Crime Command, detectives seized 400 cannabis plants, a quantity of cannabis, over $30,000 in cash and number of mobile phones and sim cards.
Lead by the State Crime Command’s Drug and Serious Crime Group, Operation Sierra Stayer commenced in December 2019 to investigate a national organised crime group trafficking dangerous drugs across QLD, VIC and WA borders.
Throughout the operation, police seized 195kg of cannabis and 424 cannabis plants, with a combined value of approximately
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