NSW: Luxury cars, Sydney house seized in police operation

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2008
NSW: Luxury cars, Sydney house seized in police operation

SYDNEY, April 10 AAP - A stretch Hummer limousine, Harley Davidson motorcycle and Sydney
house are among the latest assets seized by police investigating the alleged importation
of cocaine to NSW from the US.

Police task force Operation Schoale, formed in December 2006, has been looking into
the importation and distribution of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Los Angeles.

"In just over 12 months, officers have arrested 14 people and seized approximately
$20 million in cash, $5 million in assets, large commercial quantities of high-grade cocaine
and 17 firearms, including a machine pistol, military rifles and a gold-plated .357 magnum,"

police said in a statement today.

Two further arrests were made yesterday in the Sydney suburbs of Matraville and Ryde.

"Yesterday afternoon an order under the Criminal Assets Recovery Act was granted in
the Supreme Court preventing the sale or transferral of the vehicles and the property
at Ryde," police said.

In addition to the Hummer, Harley and house, police have also seized two Chrysler stretch
limousines, two other Chryslers, a Range Rover and a Corvette.

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