Hamid Heidari faces court over serious drug supply charges

A Punchbowl man who police allege took part in a criminal group that produced a large commercial quantity of methylamphetamine across Sydney has faced court.

Hamid Heidari is charged with commercial drug production in relation to an alleged syndicate operating across the city. Picture: NSW Police

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A fourth man charged over an alleged syndicate that was producing and supplying methylamphetamine in Sydney’s west will stay behind bars on remand until at least November.

Hamid Reza Heidari, 34, of Punchbowl, was arrested in Padstow on Saturday after investigations by Strike Force Monfarville.

Police allege Heidari was part of a group that made meth at a clandestine laboratory in Ultimo before moving it to Sydney’s west.

Some of the alleged evidence of drug manufacturing found by Strike Force Monfarville during investigations into an alleged drug syndicate back in July. Picture: NSW Police.

Police also allegedly found equipment consistent with the manufacturing of drugs at a home in Werrington and a storage facility in Rydalmere.

Heidari was charged with manufacturing a prohibited drug not less than a large commercial quantity and participating in a criminal group.

He was originally refused bail at Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday, and appeared again at Penrith Local Court on Tuesday before Magistrate Joy Boulos.

Magistrate Boulos made brief service orders during the brief mention and adjourned the matter to Penrith Local Court on November 6.

Hamid Heidari will next appear before Penrith Local Court on November 6. Picture: NSW Police

Three other people are also before the courts in relation to the criminal group.

23-year-old Werrington woman Saba Rostami was arrested in July and charged with two counts of manufacturing a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug and participating in a criminal group.

Her 29-year-old partner Vahid Saeidi, of Ultimo, was charged with two counts of manufacturing a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug, two counts of importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug, participating in a criminal group, and contravening an AVO.

31-year-old Croydon Park man Saia Fapuiaki was also charged as part of the investigation and remains before the courts.