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Melbourne men charged with drug trafficking in inner southeast

DRUGS and cash were seized and two men charged following a police investigation into alleged drug trafficking in licensed venues in Prahran and South Yarra.

File picture: AAP Image/Mal Fairclough
File picture: AAP Image/Mal Fairclough

MDMA, cocaine, cannabis and cash were seized and two men arrested and charged following a police investigation into alleged drug trafficking in licensed venues in Prahran and South Yarra.

Police searched executed warrants in St Kilda, Bentleigh and Brighton about 4pm on Friday.

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A Bentleigh man, 23, and Brighton man, 24, were arrested, charged with drug trafficking and bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in August.

“The only people who benefit from drugs are the criminals who peddle these substances,” Acting Inspector Troy Thomson

“Police will continue to work hard to prevent, detect and disrupt people who bring drugs into the community.”

A 22-year-old woman was also arrested in Brighton but later released.

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