Two up on drug charges

TWO PEOPLE have been charged and extradited from the Gold Coast to Tweed Heads following an 18-month-long drug importation investigation.

Detectives began investigating the alleged supply and importation of meth and cocaine into NSW in September 2021.

It was sparked by the discovery of two separate batches that were intercepted in the USA by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and US Customs and Border Protection. Six kilograms of the drugs worth $12.6 million were allegedly seized, with meth concealed within machinery and cocaine within a stone bench top.

Queensland Police arrested a 38-year-old man during a vehicle stop in Miami on Tuesday, March 28.

A short time later, a 37-year-old woman was arrested at a home along Marine Parade, Miami. They were taken to Southport Magistrates Court and then extradited to Tweed Heads where they appeared in Tweed Heads Local Court on Wednesday, March 29, on a number of charges relating to the drug importation and group criminal activity.

It will be further alleged the man laundered proceeds of crime through an online betting account between 2014 and 2017 to avoid law enforcement detection.

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