Police speak after seven charged in Wagga dial-a-dealer sweep

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Seven people charged under Strike Force Vandehei-Wilkinson, investigating drug supply in Wagga and Tumut. Southern Operations Commander Detective Superintendent Tim Beattie addresses the media.

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00:00In February this year Strike Force Van der Heart Wilkinson commenced investigating the drug supply

00:06and targeting drug supply in the Wagga and Riverina area. As a result of that operation

00:12over a significant number of months we identified a number of people in the community we allege

00:17were involved in the supply of primitive drugs in particular MDMA and cocaine in the Riverina area.

00:24Yesterday about 12pm a 38 year old man was arrested south of Albury and we alleged that that man was

00:33coming to Wagga to supply primitive drugs. In that man's possession we found over 300 pills, tablets

00:40which we alleged is MDMA and through our investigations we determined a suspicion that

00:46this individual was supplying to this area. Yesterday seven individuals were charged and

00:53several search ones were executed across Wagga and those seven individuals were involved in what

00:59we alleged is the ongoing supply of MDMA and cocaine in the Wagga and Turman areas. We will allege this

01:07is a syndicate, an urbanised group that is banned together to supply a dial-a-dealer arrangement

01:15where they would supply drugs to the Wagga and Turman community.

01:19We have charged those seven people with more than 30 offences.

01:26We expect further charges to arise and further arrests to be made today.

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