A MAN has been arrested after a police investigation into a package of drugs found in the mail.
Police were told that a “suspicious package” was arriving to Victoria by mail on 1 July. As part of their investigation into the package, police executed a warrant at a Cheltenham house.
At the house, police allegedly seized $12,000 of cocaine, $30,000 of methylamphetamine, 25 litres of 1.4 butanediol, a substance believed to be MDMA, a taser, electronic equipment, and more than $40,000 in cash.
Police later charged a 30-year-old man on 9 July with attempt to traffick a commercial quantity of drugs, three counts of trafficking a drug a dependence, possess prohibited weapon, and possess proceeds to crime.
The man was remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 14 July 2021
