Jamie Gruar arrested after Bellingen drug house investigation, refused bail to appear in Coffs Harbour court

A week after cash, electronics, a “suspicious fluid” and a cocktail of drugs including ketamine and meth were allegedly uncovered in a house on a busy suburban street on the Mid-North Coast a man has been arrested and charged.

A week after cash, electronics and a cocktail of drugs including ketamine and meth were allegedly uncovered in a house on a busy suburban street on the Mid-North Coast a man has been arrested and charged.

On March 20 a search warrant was executed at an older style home on Church Street in Bellingen with several NSW Fire and Rescue trucks and HAZMAT vehicles parked along the street for several hours and officers seen removing items from the premises.

At the time a NSW Police spokesperson revealed that a “suspicious fluid” had been located.

Now it can be revealed, 41-year-old Jamie Gruar has been arrested at Nambucca Heads, in relation to the incident and has been charged with 14 offences.

Police will allege Gruar tried to flee after they stopped his vehicle on Foxs Road, Nambucca Heads, about 1.15pm on Thursday, March 27.

He was arrested a short time later and charged at Kempsey Police Station.

Emergency services along Church Street at Bellingen on Thursday afternoon, March 20, 2025. Picture: Janine Watson.

He was refused bail in Kempsey Local Court and his case adjourned to Coffs Harbour Local Court on May 27.

In court police will allege that during the search of the Bellingen home they located and seized 500g of cannabis, 104.57g of MDMA, 3.68g of ketamine, 2.91g of methamphetamine, prescription medications, $7100 cash, electronics, and several other items of interest.

A police and NSW Fire and Rescue operation under way in Bellingen on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Picture: Janine Watson.

The seized illicit drugs have a combined estimated potential street value of more than $39,000, according to police.

The liquid is still undergoing examination.

Gruar has been charged with a range of drug supply charges including seven counts of supplying a prohibited drug (more than indictable and less than commercial quantity) and three counts of possessing a prohibited drug.

He has also been charged with supply prohibited drug (more than or equal to large commercial quantity) and supplying a prohibited drug (more than or equal to a commercial quantity).

Further charged include supplying a specified substance otherwise than by wholesale and dealing with property proceeds of crime.

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