Estimated by police to be worth more than $12 million, it is the largest seizure of pharmaceutical drugs in NSW history.
NSW Police officers have seized more than 700 kilograms of Xanax, estimated to be worth $12 million, in a storage unit in Sydney’s south.
Boxes of the anti-anxiety medication, officially known as Alprazolam, were discovered on Sunday night after Raptor squad officers executed a search warrant in Auburn, as part of an investigation into the interstate transportation of cash that police suspected was linked to criminal activity.Police seized a total of 722 kilograms of the drugs, making it “the single largest seizure of pharmaceutical drugs in NSW history,” NSW Police said in a statement.
No arrests were made at the scene, but a 28-year-old man was arrested late on Wednesday night after police officers pulled over and searched a truck in Wagga Wagga.Close to $1 million in cash was found in a truck in Wagga Wagga, police said.The driver, 28-year-old Bogdan Shadrin, was arrested and later charged with supplying a prohibited drug greater than a large commercial quantity, and knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime.
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