Tan Dat Ngo charged with 11 drugs and weapons offences by gangland taskforce
Gangland cops from Taskforce Erebus have allegedly seized guns, ammunition and a silencer as the crackdown on Sydney’s bloody street war continues.
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An arsenal of guns including a revolver, self-loading pistol and shortened rifle with silencer are among weapons allegedly seized as the crackdown by NSW Police’s gangland taskforce continues.
Officers linked to the recently announced Taskforce Erebus stopped a BMW X5 on the Great Western Hwy about 3am on Thursday morning.
The passenger, Tan Dat Ngo, 43, was subject to both a weapon and firearm prohibition order.
The driver, a 27-year-old woman, was allegedly disqualified from driving.
A search of the vehicle allegedly uncovered cash, an electronic stun device, small amounts of methylamphetamine and heroin, and equipment consistent with the supply of prohibited drugs.
A subsequent search of an East St, Granville unit by the bikie-busting Raptor Squad allegedly turned up a shortened rifle with a silencer attached, ammunition, numerous batons and electronic stun devices, methamphetamine, a motorbike, and stolen mail.
Ngo was charged with 11 drug and firearm related offences and was refused bail in Parramatta Local Court to reappear on May 31.
The woman was charged with two counts of possess prohibited drug and drive motor vehicle during disqualification period – second plus offence, and granted conditional bail to face court on June 29.
About 8am yesterday bikie cops also executed a search warrant at a Linda St, Fairfield Heights home.
They allegedly located four firearms, including a revolver, a shortened rifle, a self-loading pistol, a replica Glock 22 gel-blaster, an electronic stun device, more than 30 grams of methylamphetamine, and other items.
The items were seized for forensic examinations.
Strike Force Erebus was launched to investigate gangland activity across Sydney, in the wake of the attempted hit on Comanchero boss Tarek Zahed and the execution of his brother Omar at an Auburn gym last week.
The taskforce allegedly seized a staggering $900,000 in cash from storage facilities on the Central Coast on Wednesday.
Police have also been given sweeping new powers to knock down the doors of convicted drug dealers without a warrant, in a trial targeting four areas across the state including Sydney‘s southwest.
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