Ten individuals have been arrested in Melbourne as a part of an investigation right into a Malaysian syndicate linked to trafficking industrial portions of heroin.
Victoria Police arrested eight males and two girls after executing search warrants at residential addresses in Field Hill, Springvale, Braybrook and Dingley Village.
Police seized quite a lot of objects, together with a big industrial amount of heroin, a big sum of money, a Lexus and an Audi.
A lot of luxurious items together with designer purses, watches and jewelry, suspected of being proceeds of crime had been additionally discovered.
Police allege that these arrested have been concerned in a syndicate of Malaysian nationals trafficking giant industrial portions of heroin.
Main Drug Squad Detective Inspector Jim Sullivan stated the arrests ought to "function a warning to criminals who try to focus on our group".
"As this investigation exhibits, we are sometimes coping with organised crime syndicates which have immense attain each nationally and internationally," he stated.
"Victoria Police will proceed to work with our legislation enforcement companions to make sure those that deliver that hurt to our state are held to account, and that these severe and organised crime teams concerned within the trafficking of illicit medication are strongly and intentionally focused."
The investigation stays ongoing.