Melbourne gangland: Suzanne Kane and Moran nephew Blaise Armour charged with drug dealing

The nephew of slain Melbourne gangster Jason Moran allegedly ran a major drug and gun racket alongside his mum — the daughter of Les Kane.

Melbourne gangland mum Suzanne Kane and her son Blaise Armour have been charged with trafficking drugs.

A blue ribbon pedigree criminal stock mother and son team allegedly thrust their infamous family back into the underworld drug dealing major leagues.

Blaise Armour, 32, and his mum Suzanne Kane, 60, both fronted Melbourne Magistrates’ Court charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs.

Armour and Kane — respectively the nephew of Jason Moran and daughter of Les Kane — allegedly peddled GHB-mirror drug 1,4 butanediol out of their Coburg North home between November 11 2023 and April 4 this year.

The mother and son duo were also charged with trafficking meth and cannabis.

Police alleged Armour and Kane were nabbed with an arsenal of ammunition and guns including a Colt No.1 .41, a pen pistol, an imitation Glock and a suspected stolen Adler shotgun.

Murdered Melbourne gangster Jason Moran was Armour’s uncle.

The duo were also allegedly caught with $11,140 — suspected of being the proceeds of crime — and a stack of counterfeit cash, as well as a $5000 Focus Jam2 electric mountain bike, 20 designer handbags, a haul of power tools, 20 bottles of wine and more than 100 bottles of other alcohol.

Police alleged the seized loot was the proceeds of crime.

Rumours are Suzanne Kane’s murdered dad Les Kane ended up in dim sims.

Kane, who was slapped with 49 charges, was also allegedly caught with a taser.

Armour, who copped 67 charges, also allegedly peddled ketamine and MDMA and possessed cocaine, morphine and valium.

Investigators also seized various sports collector cards suspected of being the proceeds of crime.

Sports collector cards, like the one pictured, were also allegedly linked to Armour.

The cards included a limited edition 1994 Michael Jordan card and a Luka Doncic card and were allegedly linked to Armour.

Armour, who was also allegedly caught with various coins and stamps, is the nephew of slain Melbourne gangster Jason Moran.

Moran was gunned down while he watched his children play football at Essendon on June 21, 2003.

Police remove evidence used in the shooting of Jason Moran in Essendon North.

The murder was considered brazen as the assassin clipped Moran in broad daylight in front of other parents and children.

The hit catapulted Melbourne’s Gangland War into the spotlight and nephew Armour was present in the van when his uncle was murdered.

Suzanne Kane’s sister Trisha married Jason Moran but the girls are from prime criminal bloodlines themselves.

Les Kane holding his then 5-year-old daughter Suzanne Kane. Les was shot in his Wantirna home in 1978 with his wife and children close by.

Suzanne and Trish’s deceased dad was Les Kane — a former painter and docker and gangland heavy-hitter until his murder in 1981.

One former top detective said Suzanne would speak of the grisly fate of her dad.

“My dad’s in the mincer,” the officer recalled her as saying.

There have long been suggestions that gangland figure Norman Leung Lee, a foe of the Kane crew, got rid of bodies by putting them into dim-sims at his factory.

Kane’s former partner Geoff Armour is doing a minimum 21-year bit for murdering Des ‘Tuppence’ Moran, uncle of Jason and brother of slain mobster Lewis Moran.

Lewis Moran’s wife Judy, mother of Jason, was also convicted and sent down for murdering Tuppence.

Blaise, who took Geoff Armour’s surname but he is not his real son, and Kane will face court at a later date.

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