POLICE have made seven arrests and significant property seizures, with firearms and other weapons, drugs, vehicles and cash. And it all started with one call from the public.
Operation Kilcoy was established to investigate numerous leads arising after a man’s arrest on March 2.
Acting Insp Sam Norman said: “All these arrests have come about after we investigated one criminal act reported by one person a few weeks ago.
“This job has really been like pulling at a thread, as more and more evidence of criminal activity came to light.”
On May 8, 9 and 10, police executed 17 search warrants on premises across the ACT. During these warrants, the following items were seized:
- 45 grams of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $31,000
- 3 conductive energy weapons
- 6 prohibited firearms (gel blasters and ‘BB guns’)
- 2 prohibited crossbows
- 1 prohibited knife
- $14,600 cash – suspected to be proceeds of crime.
- Ammunition
- About 1kg of cannabis
- 10 stolen electric bikes
- 16 stolen electric scooters
- 1 Jeep Utility – suspected of being stolen from a farm
- 1 industrial-size diesel generator suspected of being stolen
- 7 prescription pads suspected of being stolen from Medicare
- 12 duffle bags full of power tools suspected to be stolen
- 8 mobile phones
- 6 tablet computers suspected of being stolen
- 3 vials of a substance suspected of being GHB
- Assorted memory cards and sim cards
- 8 bottles of methadone
- Multiple clip seal bags of heroin
- A variety of prescription medications
- Various other tablets and steroids
Two females were arrested and granted bail – a 15-year-old Belconnen area girl who was the subject of a first-instant warrant, and a 34-year-old Chisholm woman for breach of bail.
A 41-year-old Turner woman was also arrested, and is due to face the ACT Magistrates Court charged with trafficking in a controlled substance other than cannabis, two counts of possession a prohibited weapon, and dealing with the suspected proceeds of indictable crime.
Investigations surrounding some of the seized items are continuing and police expect to lay charges against more offenders.
On April 14, police searched a vehicle in Dickson and located nine grams of methylamphetamine, and two vials of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB).
A 25-year-old O’Connor man was arrested and has been remanded in custody. He is due to appear in court on June 19 charged with trafficking in a controlled drug other than cannabis.
A 42-year-old woman was also arrested, and granted bail. She is scheduled to appear in court on May 24 charged with possession of a declared substance without authorisation.
Police anticipate further charges will be laid once government laboratory analysis of seized substances is complete.
On May 3, a 38-year-old Turner man was arrested and charged with five counts of unauthorised manufacture of firearms.
“Anyone who has been involved in these criminal enterprises who has not yet been arrested should prepare for a knock on their door soon,” said Acting Insp Norman.
Leave a Reply