POLICE have warned drug dealers in Port Macquarie to be looking over their shoulders following a $900,000 drug bust last week.
Commending the police involved in the operation, Chief Inspector Shane Cribb said the arrests and seizure were the result of an extensive operation which had run for some time.
But police would not be resting on their laurels and would be doing everything in their power to catch more drug dealers.
“My message to other dealers out there is to be looking over your shoulders because we know there are more of you and we will follow up any leads,” the inspector said.
He would not reveal whether the drug bust was the result of a tip-off but appealed to the people of Port Macquarie to call Crime Stoppers with any information.
“We cannot be everywhere – we need them to be our eyes and ears,” the inspector said.
“The more information they give us the better.”
He said the drug dealers were part of a vicious cycle because some people who purchased drugs had to feed their habit by stealing.
People buying drugs were also risking their health because there was no guarantee what was in the drugs they purchased.
“You don’t know what the chemicals are,” Inspector Cribb said. “There are no rules to it. That’s the frightening part.”
A taskforce from the Mid North Coast Local Area served three search warrants at the business North Coast Quads in Jindalee Road and two homes in Port Macquarie at the same time last Thursday.
During the search, police allegedly located more than 6500 tablets and 15kg of powder containing the prohibited drug methylenedioxypyrovalerone. A pill press machine was also seized.
Three men were arrested and taken to Port Macquarie Police Station and subsequently appeared in court on Friday. They were North Coast Quads owner Blair Wylde-Brown, 45, his son, Allen John Wylde-Brown, 23, and David Angus Styles, 49. Brown senior was driving away from his business in a Lexus when police stopped him. Charges include manufacturing a large commercial quantity of prohibited drugs, supplying a large commercial quantity of prohibited drug and possessing a tablet press.
Crime Stoppers can be contacted on freecall 1800 333 000.
