Six men charged in dial-a-dealer cocaine sting in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire
Six men will appear in court today accused of being involved in a cocaine syndicate operating out of Sydney’s south. The men were arrested during a sweeping police operation on Friday.
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Six men have been arrested in a drug crackdown targeting a dial-a-dealer cocaine syndicate in Sydney’s south.
Strike Force Northrop began investigating the alleged drug ring in the Sutherland Shire earlier this year.
The dealers have been accused of flouting Sydney’s current lockdown restrictions to deliver cocaine to buyers.
That investigation culminated in the arrest on Friday of a 26-year-old Samuel Meredith on Ewos Parade in Cronulla.
The plumber did not apply for bail in Parramatta Local Court on Saturday after being charged with a string of drug offences and breaching the Covid-19 public health order.
Over the afternoon, police carried out raids in Caringbah, Merrylands and Bella Vista, seizing 450g of cocaine with a street value of $185,000, MDMA and more than $100,000 in cash.
Four Rolex watches and two extendible batons were also seized.
Another five men, Dylan O’Neill, 21, Adrian Moussa, 28, Nima Amirilayeghi, 28, Heber Ngati, 30, and Cronulla cafe owner Zac Sweeney, 29, were arrested during the sting on Friday.
They have been charged with a variety of drug and other offences and appeared in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday. The cases were adjourned to later this month.
Since it was formed in 2017, Strike Force Northrop has seized more than 4.1kg of cocaine, 490g of MDMA, 1.1kg of cannabis and more than $1.12 million cash.
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