The Queensland Police Service has led a major multi-agency investigation into an international organised crime syndicate linked to the distribution of large quantities of high purity drugs.
Following a complex investigation police have seized 766kg of MDMA powder in one of Queensland and Australia’s most significant drug seizures. As part of this operation and as a result of cross-agency international collaboration, 200kg of methamphetamine (ice) was also seized by police in New Zealand last week.
Yesterday police have conducted searches in Loganlea and in northern New South Wales with assistance from the New South Wales Police Force Drug and Firearm Squad. These warrants form part of the broader investigation into the international organised crime syndicate and resulted in the seizure of a number of vehicles connected to the operation, approximately $108,000 in cash and a quantity of drugs.
As part of this operation a number of persons have been arrested in Queensland and