$15 million meth, guns and illicit cash seized as alleged syndicate dealing drugs in Perth dismantled | WPN World People News

Fifteen people have been charged after a year-long WA joint law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of around $15 million worth of methylamphetamine (meth), four guns and more than $75,000 cash.

An Erskine man is expected to face Perth Magistrates Court on 3 January, 2020 accused of heading a Perth syndicate that was allegedly distributing meth in Western Australia.

A WA Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (WA JOCTF) investigation targeting the alleged drug dealing, codenamed Operation Ajax Highview, has stopped almost 20kg of meth – with an estimated street value in excess of $15 million – reaching Perth streets.
Investigators have also uncovered a commercial size clandestine laboratory, which is being processed with the assistance of chemists from the WA ChemCentre.

It is still to be confirmed what type of drug was being produced but police suspect it is highly likely to be methylamphetamine.
Police further seized four guns, five other weapons, 41 cannabis plants and $75,000 cash suspected of being the proceeds of crime.
Operation Ajax Highview was launched in November 2018 after Australian Border Force officers intercepted two international mail packages each allegedly containing approximately six kilograms of methylamphetamine.

A woman and a man were charged at the time with attempting to import the illicit drugs.

Since then, investigators have charged several other people and seized various amounts of meth during its transportation from the eastern states, including allegedly by airline passengers and through the domestic air mail.

The year-long investigation culminated in the arrest on 2 January, 2020 of the alleged ringleader of a network police say was distributing drugs in Perth.

source: Australian Federal Police