MELBOURNE: Cash, drugs seized seized in CBD intercept
Members from the Public Order Response Team have seized cash and drugs after they pulled over a motorcycle with alleged false plates in the CBD on Saturday morning (Jan. 18).
Officers were patrolling the city when they noticed the 2014 Harley Davidson on Elizabeth St about 2am.
A check of the motorcycle and rider revealed allegedly false plates and that the 43-year-old rider, from Richmond, was also unlicensed.
A subsequent search uncovered more than $35,000 in cash and a quantity of drugs alleged to be methylamphetamine and cannabis. A knuckle duster was also seized.
The man was arrested, interviewed and has been charged with more than 10 offences including:
- traffick commercial quantity of methylamphetamine
- traffick methylamphetamine
- possess methylamphetamine
- possess cannabis
- possess schedule 4 poison namely diazepam
- deal property suspected of being proceeds of crime
- possess prohibited weapon namely knuckle dusters
- unlicensed driving
- display number plate not registered to vehicle
- affix false number plates on vehicle
- commit schedule 1 offence whilst on bail.
The man was refused bail by police and was to be directly presented to Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

