Scott Miller,Mark Catchpole former Olympic swimmer and rugby star was part of a much bigger investigation into a suspected massive drug syndicate

police had been watching former swimmer Scott Miller, 33, of Dee Why, and rugby star Ken Catchpole's son Mark, 40, of Seaforth, for two years.But while the arrests, which linked both men to a pill press found in a Brookvale storage unit, came as a shock to Australia's swimming community, it did not surprise numerous Northern Beaches locals that rumours abounded about Miller having a pill press and producing illicit pills to pay off debt.
In the past several years Miller was linked to numerous firms including being director of a horseracing syndicate. Locals said Miller fled his Dee Why unit amid intense media interests and was possibly staying with relatives in the area.
Miller is required to report to police daily as a part of his bail conditions.

David Kevin Wilson extradited to New South Wales

David Kevin Wilson, 43, was instrumental in the operation in which 70 bags of heroin were allegedly shipped into Australia in three wooden chests of drawers.Three New South Wales people, including Wilson's brother, are also charged with the heroin importation.An Adelaide magistrate has ruled that Wilson be escorted to Sydney by federal police officers

Methylamphetamine haul worth nearly $80 million after searching a plane which flew from New South Wales into Perth's Jandakot Airport.

Australia police have seized a massive methylamphetamine haul worth nearly $80 million after searching a plane which flew from New South Wales into Perth's Jandakot Airport.Police have arrested and charged the pilot and passenger with drug-related offences. Organised Crime Squad and State Security Investigation Group officers intercepted a Piper Aztec plane, which left from New South Wales on Tuesday, after it arrived at Jandakot around 5pm yesterday. Detectives searched the twin engine aircraft and found a bag allegedly containing 22kg of methylamphetamine and 8.85kg of ecstasy (approximately 35,000 tablets). The NSW pilot and his 24 year old passenger were both interviewed at the Organised Crime Squad offices and each was charged with Possess Methylamphetamine With Intent to Sell or Supply and Possess MDMA (ecstasy) with Intent to Sell or Supply. Both men were due to appear in the Perth Magistrate’s Court today.

Former minister for Aboriginal affairs Milton Orkopoulos provided heroin

Former minister for Aboriginal affairs Milton Orkopoulos provided heroin and held a Year 9 student's arm as the boy injected the drug for the first time, the alleged victim claimed yesterday.The alleged victim said he was about 15 when he first met Mr Orkopoulos at a Labor Party function, and the older man soon began providing him with cannabis and heroin and introduced him to sexual activities. The witness, who testified yesterday in the NSW District Court in Newcastle, is the last of Mr Orkopoulos's three alleged victims to give evidence. Mr Orkopoulos is facing 34 charges of sex with minors under 18, indecent assault and supplying cannabis and heroin. The witness said he was initially invited to Mr Orkopoulos's house for dinner as a Year 9 student in about 1995, and after dinner Mr Orkopoulos shared a cannabis cigarette with him in a shed. "I brought up that I'd been molested when I was a young boy," the alleged victim said, saying Mr Orkopoulos encouraged him to talk about it. The alleged victim, now 28, testified via closed circuit television. He told the court he was still in Year 9, or about 15, and that he had already had sexual encounters with Mr Orkopoulos when the older man took him to a park at night and provided heroin and injecting equipment including needles, spoons and swabs.
"I remember him getting it out and showing me how to go about it, I guess, mixing it up," the alleged victim said, adding that he had never injected anything before. Mr Orkopoulos then performed sexual acts on him, the court heard. Two former NSW parliamentarians told the court they had heard about serious allegations made against Mr Orkopoulos a year before his arrest in November 2006. Former MP Bryce Gaudry said he was telephoned in October 2005 by Mr Orkopoulos's electorate secretary, Gillian Sneddon, who told him of allegations "that involved threats or threats of violence towards a young man from Milton". Mr Gaudry and another former parliamentarian, Jan Burnswood, were told by Mr Orkopoulos that he had already advised the police about the matter, and yesterday Superintendent Michael Kenny told the court that in October 2005 he had been asked by Mr Orkopoulos to warn off a young man who had been harassing him

81-year-old Australian woman has been charged with growing and supplying cannabis

81-year-old woman has been charged with growing and supplying cannabis after police launched a series of co-ordinated raids targeting an alleged drug ring that included her son.
The woman, from Young in central NSW, agreed on Monday afternoon to attend the town's police station, where she was charged and later released on bail.
Her arrest follows a series of raids on six properties in Young and Canberra on December 12 in which six other people were arrested, including the woman's 42-year-old son.
A number of the other people arrested were involved in the supply of drugs other than cannabis and were refused bail.

raided several properties and believe they dismantled a criminal methylamphetamine syndicate.

After a five-month investigation involving the Australian Crime Commission and the NSW Police Force's drug squad, officers raided several properties and believe they dismantled a criminal methylamphetamine syndicate.
Police have arrested five bikers during a raid on a drug laboratory in Sydney's north west.
Five men aged 57, 50, 48, 43 and 27 - were charged with drug offences. All are alleged to be members or associates of different outlaw motorcycle groups.
Police they found a clandestine laboratory, drug manufacturing equipment and chemicals at Annangrove. Specialist drug squad detectives dismantled the laboratory.
During subsequent searches at other properties in the north west, police also found a second laboratory, as well as $130,000 and weapons.
NSW Police Force Drug Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Greig Newbery said the supply of illicit drugs would not be tolerated.
"We will allege that this operation has led to the dismantling of a criminal syndicate involved in the illicit drug trade," he said.

"The people charged are alleged to be members or associates of bikie gangs and yesterday's operation is part of this organisation's ongoing focus on OMCGs.

"We believe these arrests will significantly impact on the distribution and supply of methylamphetamine in Sydney and New South Wales."