NSW: Police arrest 9 men, including former policeman, over drugs

AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-1998
NSW: Police arrest 9 men, including former policeman, over drugs

SYDNEY, Dec 18 AAP - Nine men, including a former police officer, were charged with serious
drug offences during a major police operation in New South Wales today, police said.

Officers from Operation Gymea arrested the men simultaneously at various locations in
Sydney and country NSW and charged them with conspiracy to manufacture amphetamines, police
said in a statement.

The arrested men included a 41-year-old former NSW police officer from Guilford in Sydney's
west, police said.

The arrests were part of the third phase of Operation Gymea and followed months of
investigation and covert activities by police internal affairs.

Warrants were issued for the arrest of three other men on the same charge, police said.

This brought the number of people facing charges in connection with the anti-drug and
corruption operation to 72, including four police.

Most were awaiting trial, police said.

Officers from Operation Gymea, formed in 1997, have seized drugs with an estimated street
value of $10.2 million.

They include amphetamines, ecstasy, cannabis, cocaine and heroin.

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KEYWORD: GYMEA

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