Two men and a woman have been arrested following an investigation into the alleged trafficking and supply of drugs into entertainment precincts.
Police will allege one of the men was operating a significant drug trafficking business and distributing a myriad of illicit substances throughout Prahran and St Kilda.
Following extensive enquiries, investigators from the Prahran Divisional Response Unit executed a search warrant at a home on York Place, Prahran, just before 7am, yesterday.
During a search of the home and of a van parked in a laneway adjacent to the property, police uncovered almost $100,000 dollars’ worth of illicit and prescription drugs, including:
• Almost $50,000 worth of methylamphetamine
• Approximately 12 litres of 1,4 Butanediol with an estimated potential street value of $28,000
• $8,750 worth of cocaine
• Almost $5,000 worth of ketamine
• Almost $3,000 worth of MDMA
• Almost $2,000 worth of cannabis
• Almost $5,000 worth of assorted prescription medications including Viagra and diazepam, and Schedule 8 poisons.
Police also seized more than $3,000 in cash, as well as several laptop computers and mobile phones.
Three people were arrested at the scene.
A 30-year-old Prahran man was charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs of dependence. He was remanded in custody to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today, where he was further remanded to reappear on 4 December.
A 35-year-old Prahran man was charged with possess cocaine, methamphetamine and Schedule 4 poisons. He was bailed to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 29 November.
A 26-year-old woman from Carnegie was issued a diversion for possess cocaine.
