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.