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The Australian Federal Police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old man from Hong Kong with possessing and manufacturing methamphetamine. 140kg of the drug was discovered in a makeshift laboratory in a Western Sydney apartment block, AFP reported on their website.
The man was arrested on Friday, 3rd of November, 2023 and remanded in custody until he faced Downing Centre Local Court on 6th of November, 2023, AFP said.
It was explained that the Intelligence shared by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) Narcotics Bureau alerted AFP investigators to a possible criminal syndicate establishing a clandestine laboratory in Sydney.
AFP Investigators used the intelligence provided by the Hong Kong Police Force to trace a member of the criminal syndicate in Western Sydney. It was said that AFP officers eventually executed a search warrant with the assistance of the NSW Police Force Chemical Operations unit at an apartment in Oxley Park on the 3rd of November, 2023.
A clandestine laboratory containing chemicals and paraphernalia was involved in the manufacture and extraction of methamphetamine, alongside 142kg of methamphetamine which police will allege had been manufactured in the apartment, AFP said.
Adding the meth has an estimated street value of A$126,000,000 (HK$630 million)equating to 1,400,000 individual street deals.
Investigators also seized receipts for materials linked to the clandestine laboratory and some electronic devices which will be subject to further forensic examination.
The Hong Kong national was subsequently arrested and charged with Possessing a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug, namely methamphetamine, contrary to subsection 307.5(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth); and
Manufacturing commercial quantities of controlled drugs, namely methamphetamine, contrary to subsection 305.3 (1) of the Criminal Code (Cth).
The maximum penalty for these offences is life imprisonment.
Additionally, the arrest of a 28-year-old man in Sydney and three Hong Kong men for the attempted importation of 240kg meth concealed in fabric rolls on 20th of August, 2023 in Syndey was a result of intelligence provided by HKPF which prompted AFP investigators to establish the links to this syndicate.
AFP Detective Acting Superintendent Jeremy Staunton said the AFP's partnerships with international law enforcement agencies were critical in the fight against organised crime.
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一名24歲香港男子被控在澳洲檢獲140公斤冰毒價值6.3億港元
澳洲聯邦警察逮捕並指控一名 24 歲香港男子持有和製造冰毒。 根據法新社網站報道，在西悉尼公寓大樓的一個臨時實驗室中發現了 140 公斤的毒品
據法新社稱，該男子於 2023 年 11 月 3 日星期五被捕，並被還押候審，直至 2023 年 11 月 6 日在唐寧中心地方法院受審。
據解釋，香港警務處麻醉品調查科分享的情報提醒法新社調查人員，可能有犯罪集團在雪梨建立秘密實驗室。
法新社調查人員利用香港警務處提供的情報追查西悉尼犯罪集團的一名成員。 據稱，聯邦警察最終於 2023 年 11 月 3 日在新南威爾斯州警察部隊化學行動小組的協助下，對奧克斯利公園的一間公寓執行了搜查令。
法新社稱，這是一個秘密實驗室，裡面有涉及製造和提取甲基安非他命的化學品和用具，還有 142 公斤的甲基安非他命，警方稱這些甲基安非他命是在公寓內製造的。
在添加冰毒後，街頭價值估計為 1.26 億美元（6.3 億港元），相當於 1,400,000 筆街頭交易。
調查人員還查獲了與秘密實驗室有關的資料的收據，以及一些電子設備，這些設備將接受進一步的法醫檢查。
該香港國民隨後被逮捕並被指控： 持有商業數量的非法進口邊境管制藥物，即甲基苯丙胺，違反《刑法》（聯邦）第 307.5(1) 款； 和
製造商業數量的受管製藥物，即甲基苯丙胺，違反《刑法》（聯邦）第 305.3 (1) 款。
這些罪行的最高刑罰是終身監禁。
據稱，一名 28 歲男子和三名香港男子於 2023 年 8 月 20 日在悉尼因企圖進口藏在布捲中的 240 公斤冰毒而在悉尼被捕，原因是香港警方提供的情報這促使法新社調查人員確定了與該集團的聯繫。
法新社偵探代理警長傑里米·斯湯頓表示，法新社與國際執法機構的合作對於打擊組織犯罪至關重要。
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