Andrew Perish accused of drug syndicate role while on parole

Andrew Perish, jailed for his role in the killing and mutilation of a police ­informant 20 years ago, was arrested in dawn raids.

Andrew Perish, who was jailed for his role in the killing and mutilation of a police ­informant 20 years ago, has been charged with supplying a large commercial quantity of drugs while still on parole.

Perish, 50, was arrested on Wednesday at his Leumeah home alongside Roxanne Carmella Brincat, 46.

Andrew Perish at a halfway house in Campbelltown after being let out on parole. Picture: Toby Zerna

They are both alleged to be part of a syndicate involved in the supply of nearly 18kg of pseudoephedrine and 4.5kg of the drug ice with a total estimated potential street value of more than $1 million.

They were arrested in ­orchestrated dawn raids across Sydney involving the Tactical Operations Unit, the Central and South West Metropolitan Operations Support Group, Redfern Region Enforcement Squad, the Dog Unit and officers from Campbelltown City, Camden, Leichhardt and Sydney City police area commands.

They executed search ­warrants on other premises in Ultimo, Glebe, Rosemeadow and Douglas Park and arrested another woman and two men.

During the searches, police seized ice, cannabis, prescription medications, and electronic devices.

Perish was released from jail on parole in August last year wearing a 24-hour ankle monitor. He was jailed for nine years in 2012 for conspiracy to murder Sydney drug dealer Terry Falconer, who was ­kidnapped, murdered and found cut into pieces in the Hastings River in 2001.

Andrew Perish is arrested following an investigation into the supply of ‘ice’ and prescription medications across Sydney.

Perish’s older brother Anthony was given 18 years in jail for murder after it was deemed the brothers believed Falconer was behind the executions of their grandparents.

The notorious murder and police hunt for Falconer’s killers became the subject of the TV series Underbelly: Badness.

Wednesday’s arrests followed an 11-month operation by officers from Surry Hills who formed Strike Force Cattanach to investigate the supply of ‘ice’ and prescription medications across Sydney.

Roxanne Carmella Brincat was also arrested.

Perish at the police station.

Perish was refused police bail to appear before Campbelltown Local Court on Thursday charged with eight offences including three counts of supplying a large commercial of drugs, dealing with the proceeds of crime and manufacturing a prohibited drug.

Police will allege in court that he was involved in the supply of 13kg of pseudoephedrine and 4.5kg of methylamphetamine.

Brincat was refused bail in Campbelltown Local Court on Wednesday and remanded in custody to Central Local Court on July charged with supplying a commercial quantity of drugs and being on drug premises.

Police said they will allege in court that she was involved in the supply of 13kg of pseudoephedrine.

In Ultimo, police also arrested Thao Thi Thu Pham, 31, and Tony Tham, 33.

They were both refused police bail to appear at Central Local Court on Thursday.

She is charged with 14 offences including supply a large quantity of prohibited drugs involving 18kg of pseudoephedrine and 1kg of methylamphetamine.

The man faces nine offences including the supply of 1kg of methylamphetamine.

At Douglas Park, police arrested Ryan Allen Franklin, 31, who was charged with offences including supplying an indictable quantity of drugs and possessing or using a prohibited weapon without permit.

He was refused bail by Picton Local Court on Wednesday to reappear on July 14.