In Australia it seems rolling is just as popular down-under. The criminal organizations have jumped at the chance to profit according to Macleay Argus:
THREE people, including two alleged Bandidos bikies, have been charged after police seized 1300 ecstasy pills worth an estimated $40,000 in raids across the Macleay Valley.
Police raided properties last Thursday at South West Rocks and Stuarts Point after an 18-month investigation into the supply of illicit drugs including MDMA (ecstasy) in the Macleay.
A spokesman said police set up operation Wollomba last year to investigate the supply of MDMA in Kempsey, South West Rocks and Stuarts Point.
Last Thursday detectives from Kempsey, Port Macquarie, the Mid North Coast Target Action Group and the State Crime Command’s Gangs Squad raided houses at South West Rocks and Stuarts Point.
Police will allege that during the covert investigation they seized 1300 MDMA tablets, with an estimated potential street value of $40,000.
During the execution of the search warrants, investigators found further quantities of MDMA tablets, an amount of cash and three firearms, the spokesman said.
Police also seized two Harley Davidson motorbikes, as well as a motor vehicle.
A 40-year-old Stuarts Point man and a 42-year-old man from South West Rocks were arrested and taken to Kempsey Police Station for questioning.
The Stuarts Point man was charged with 11 offences:
Supply prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis, possess prohibited weapon without permit, possess unauthorised prohibited firearm, knowingly deal with proceeds of crime, two counts of possess prohibited drug and five counts of supply an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug.
The South West Rocks man was charged with 14 offences:
Supply prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis, knowingly deal with proceeds of crime, possess prohibited weapon without permit, possess ammunition without permit, possess unauthorised pistol, possess unauthorised firearm, four counts of possess prohibited drug and four counts of supply an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug.
Both men appeared in Port Macquarie Local Court last Friday and were refused bail to reappear on October 22.
They are alleged to be members of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.
Meanwhile, further inquiries by investigators led to the arrest of a 19-year-old man at South Kempsey about 1pm last Friday, police said.
The local man appeared in Macksville Local Court that afternoon and was refused bail to appear in Kempsey Local Court on September 22.
He was charged with:
Supply prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis, two counts of sell prohibited firearm, two counts of possess unauthorised prohibited firearm, three counts of supply a prohibited drug and two counts of supply an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug.
‘Wollomba’ is an ongoing operation and further arrests are expected in the coming days, police said.
So why not make it legal and take the power away from these criminals?
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