2 weeks Ago By Anna Houlahan
An alleged kingpin in Australia's underworld has been charged over a large importation of methylamphetamine to Sydney. or signup to continue reading Police said officers arrested the founding member of the popular youth gang, the 'Inner West Brotherhood', while he sat in his car in Condell Park in Sydney's west at 5am on September 19. The 33-year-old man was arrested over the alleged importation of $6 million worth of methylamphetamine from a "Central American country", NSW Police said.
An investigation into the alleged import and supply of the drug was launched in June 2024 by NSW Police's Raptor Squad with intelligence from Australian Border Force. "During the investigation, strike force officers located evidence to support 21 kilograms of methylamphetamine had been imported into NSW by a member of a ," NSW Police said. The man was charged with importing a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs at Bankstown Police Station.
He was refused bail and his case remains before Bankstown Local Court. Investigations into the alleged drug importation continue under Strike Force Allister, police said. Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime reporter at Australian Community Media (ACM).
She was ACM’s Trainee of the Year in 2023 and, aside from reporting on crime, has travelled the country as a journalist for Explore Travel Magazine. Reach out with news or updates to anna.houlahan@austcommunitymedia.
com.au Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime reporter at Australian Community Media (ACM). She was ACM’s Trainee of the Year in 2023 and, aside from reporting on crime, has travelled the country as a journalist for Explore Travel Magazine.
Reach out with news or updates to [email protected].
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