Victoria Police arrested a woman during a series of raids across Melbourne. Courtesy Seven News
A woman is taken into custody following a police raid at a property in Keilor East. Picture: Jay Town Source: HeraldSun
EIGHT people have been arrested after an investigation into amphetamine offences across Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
Operation Correcting saw 14 search warrants executed at 11 homes in Niddrie, Keilor East, Coburg, Brunswick, Craigieburn and Broadmeadows about 7am.
Police also seized drugs, cash and prohibited weapons.
The eight people arrested included:
• A 27-year-old woman and a 17-year old man, both from East Keilor
• A 40-year-old man, 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman from Glenroy
• A 31-year-old man and a 30-year-old man from Meadow Heights.
“All are currently assisting police with their inquiries,” Victoria Police spokeswoman Jess Foulds said.
“The searches are still underway as part the large-scale operation,” she said this afternoon.
A 27-year-old woman was arrested during a raid in Keilor East. Picture: Jay Town Source: HeraldSun
Police take bags of evidence from a property that was raided this morning. Picture: Jay Town Source: News Corp Australia
Detective Acting Snr Sergeant Craig Spencer says the raids took months of planning. Picture: Jay Town Source: News Corp Australia
The raids took place at six suburbs in Melbourne’s north and north west. Source: HeraldSun
The 27-year-old woman was led away from her Doctors Lane home in Keilor East in handcuffs about 9am.
Several paper bags filled with drugs were also removed from the house.
A man was taken away in handcuffs from a home on Morris Crt, Meadow Heights about 10.30am as police removed bags of evidence from the property.
Detective Acting Snr Sergeant Craig Spencer from the Moreland CIU said the raids had come after “months of planning”.
HEROIN BUST: 12 arrested in raids on nine homes
Members of the Crime Investigation Unit, Divisional Response Unit and Canine Unit were involved in the rads.
Drugs seized would be taken to a Victoria Police forensic facility in McLeod where they would be tested, Acting Snr Sgt Spencer said.
He could not say what the dollar value of the seized drugs was.
He said it was “critically important” to stem the flow of ice by cracking down on dealers.
“Victoria Police takes drug trafficking seriously. This is a community issue and a health issue. It’s a community burden,” he said.
“This type of offending is not acceptable.
“We will continue to try and stem the flow of drug trafficking and ice being trafficked in the community.”
Acting Snr Sgt Spencer said the raids were not related to the seizure of $300,000 worth of ice along with $200,000 cash, $90,000 worth of casino chips and a firearm from a car that was randomly pulled over in Heidelberg Heights on Monday.
The operation was not linked to outlaw motorcycle gangs.
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