KINGSTON: Half kilo of cocaine at Chelsea home


Three people have been arrested – one facing serious drug trafficking charges – after police seized half a kilogram of cocaine and a suitcase full of cash from a home in Chelsea.
Detectives from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit executed two search warrants at a home on Embankment Grove, Chelsea and on Wren Rd, Moorabbin, from about 6am on Monday, September 1.
At the Chelsea address, police located 500g of cocaine with an estimated potential street value of $150,000, and approximately $785,000 cash in a suitcase. Two men aged 22 and 23 both from Chelsea, and a woman aged 25 were arrested at the scene.
The 22-year-old man was charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of cocaine; a charge that carries with it a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars.
The man was also charged with possessing MDMA, ketamine and proceeds of crime.
He was remanded and appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, where he was granted bail to reappear on November 24. The 23-year-old man was charged with possessing cocaine, and bailed to appear in Frankston Magistrates’ Court on September 27. The woman from Ferntree Gully was released pending further enquiries.