Strike Force Kerang: Paul Christensen, Billie Davis and Sean Fogarty face Wyong Local Court charged with alleged drug offences

Five men and three women have faced court charged with dozens of alleged drug and weapons offences after a series of raids across the Central Coast led by Strike Force Kerang.

Officers attached to SF Kerang seized cannabis, heroin, weapons and GHB during the raids across the Central Coast. (File image: Steve Grice)

Eight people have been charged following a four-month investigation into the alleged supply of prohibited drugs on the Central Coast.

Tuggerah Lakes Police established Strike Force Kerang in November 2023 to investigate the alleged supply of drugs.

Following extensive inquiries, officers conducted six simultaneous raids on properties at Bateau Bay, Gorokan, Kariong and West Gosford on March 28.

During the searches, police allegedly located and seized gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), ketamine, heroin, cannabis, a loaded shotgun and other prohibited weapons.

A 53-year-old man, identified by court documents as William Wayne Spencer, was arrested at The Entrance and taken to Wyong Police Station.

A number of those arrested were taken to Wyong Police Station where they were charged with various counts of drugs and weapons charges. (File image)

He was charged with 84 counts of drug related offences including:

■ Forty seven counts of supplying a prohibited drug less than or equal to small quantity;

■ Thirty counts of supplying a prohibited drug more than small and less than or equal to indictable quantity;

■ Five counts of supplying prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis;

■ Two counts of supplying a prohibited drug more than or equal to a commercial quantity.

Six of the eight people charged have faced Wyong Local Court. (AAP Image/Sue Graham)

He was refused bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on Tuesday, April 2, where he was again refused bail to appear on April 17.

A 32-year-old woman was arrested at Kariong and taken to Gosford Police Station where she was charged with 11 counts of supplying prohibited drugs, supplying drugs on an ongoing basis, contravening an apprehended violence order and knowingly deal with proceeds of crime.

She was refused bail to appear before Gosford Local Court on Tuesday, April 2.

A male, 23, was arrested at Hamlyn Terrace and taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with three counts of supplying a prohibited drug.

Police also allegedly seized cannabis. Supplied

He was later granted conditional bail to appear at Wyong Local Court on Wednesday, April 3.

Meanwhile four people faced Wyong Local Court yesterday, Wednesday April 10, including Paul Christensen, 56, of Bateau Bay, who was charged with using a prohibited weapon contrary to prohibition order.

Billie Anne Davis, 56, of Killarney Vale, was charged with three counts of supplying drugs while Sean Edward Fogarty, 56, of The Entrance, was charged with four counts of alleged drug supply.

A fourth person, a 37-year-old woman from Kariong, was charged with five counts of drugs supply.

Another man, Donald Tolmie, 63, of Wyoming, faced Gosford Local Court on Thursday, April 11, charged with possessing a firearm, acquiring a gun while subject to a prohibition order and supplying a prohibited drug.

His conditional bail was continued to face court again on May 2.

None of the eight people were required to enter any pleas and have been adjourned to face court again at future dates.