drugs
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Record drug bust in the west
More than $1 billion of illicit drugs have been seized after a series of raids across the western suburbs uncovered Australia’s largest ever onshore methamphetamine…
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Canisters fuel drug concerns
Drug paraphernalia being found on Brimbank streets is fuelling community concern over the use of recreational drugs known as “nangs”. Nangs is the common name…
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Billion dollar drug deal busted
A Keilor Downs pair have been arrested in connection to a record seizure of methylamphetamine, valued at more than $1 billion. A 31-year-old man and 29-year-old…
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Eight charged in drug mule sting
Two people were arrested in Sunshine North as part of a major drug operation which allegedly involved airline cabin crew being used as drug mules.…
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Cannabis bust charges
Six people have been charged with a range of drug offences following the execution of warrants across Brimbank and Melton. Police last week seized almost…
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Mail order drugs deliver jail time
Attempting to import heroin valued at almost a million dollars has landed a man and a woman in prison. Huong Thuy Ly and Hoang Thanh…
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Drug and firearms arrests in Sunshine, Keilor
Almost a dozen arrests have been made across the north west today after an extended investigation into alleged drug and firearms trafficking. Eleven people were…
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Cannabis crop seized in Truganina
Police have arrested two men and a woman after discovering a “sophisticated” hydroponic drug set-up, including more than 1000 cannabis plants, at a Truganina factory…
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Brimbank drug deaths alarm
The number of drug-related deaths in Brimbank is rising. Not-for-profit organisation Penington Institute has released its annual overdose report for 2018, which showed a spike…
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Jail for drug ‘test cook’ role
A man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for attempting to manufacture drugs in a Brimbank motel. John Weston, 43, pleaded guilty in…
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Police nab 13 in drug operation
Thirteen people were last week charged following a series of raids across Brimbank and north-west Melbourne after a police investigation into a “sophisticated” ice ring.…
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Court rejects ice appeal
A Caroline Springs man who was sentenced to 18 years in jail for drug trafficking and attempting to import a commercial quantity of methlyamphetamine has…
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Five people arrested and charged following police raids
Five people have been arrested and charged following police raids in Albanvale this morning. Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives executed drug warrants at three properties…
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Brimbank feels overdose strain
An accidental drug overdose death is recorded in Brimbank almost every six weeks, according to new figures. Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2017 by the non-profit…
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Sunshine police make major drug bust
Sunshine police have seized about 481 grams of methyl amphetamine, eight grams of ecstasy, a quantity of weapons and more than $50,000 in cash from…
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