HUME: Cocaine bust at Kalkallo
Detectives from the Major Drug Squad have charged two men and seized 40kg of cocaine which was located inside a vehicle being driven back from the NSW border.
A vehicle was intercepted by police on the Hume Hwy in Kalkallo at 6.20am on Tuesday morning (Sep. 16).
A search of the vehicle uncovered 40kg of a substance believed to be cocaine inside the vehicle. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $14m.
The two men in the car, a 19-year-old from Noble Park and a 20-year-old from Hampton Park, were both charged with traffick large commercial quantity of cocaine and possess large commercial quantity of cocaine.
They were remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
Police will allege those involved were utilising vehicles to transport illicit drugs interstate on behalf of the wider syndicate.
Detective Inspector Jamie Walker, Major Drug Squad, said: “Illicit drugs are destructive to so many individuals and the communities around them.”

