Police have charged four people and seized more than $8 million in cash following investigations into an alleged money laundering syndicate involved in supplying illicit drugs across Sydney.
Detectives from the Strike Force Trobriand spoke to a 32-year-old man in Lidcombe about 11pm last Thursday, serving him with a Firearm Prohibition Order and then searching a Campsie address a short later.
Police found a stash of methylamphetamine and MDMA, as well as $260,000 in cash, which were seized for further forensic analysis.
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Extensive inquiries were conducted which led to police raiding properties in Burwood, Campsie and Rhodes from 7am yesterday.
A man and a woman, aged 27 and 30, were arrested at separate units on Belmore Street at Burwood.
Police searched both units and found more than $60,000 in cash.
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The pair were taken to Burwood Police Station.
Investigators later found more than $3.1 million in cash while searching a unit at Rhodes a short time later, with a further $4.78 million seized from the boot of a vehicle inside a secure car park below the unit complex.
Additional amounts of cash, a prohibited extendable baton and documentation were also seized from a Sixth Avenue address at Campsie.
A 32-year-old man was arrested at the Campsie address and taken to Campsie Police Station and a 48-year-old woman was arrested at the Rhodes unit and taken to Burwood Police Station.
The four people have been charged with an array of offences, including knowingly deal with proceeds of crime.
They were refused bail to appear in court today.
