Almost 1,000 people arrested and $500m in drugs seized in police raids across Australia
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6EW89)
Week-long operation targeting criminal drug syndicates nets 814kg of methamphetamine and 182kg of MDMA
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More than 400 raids were carried out across the country involving police from all jurisdictions as part of the week-long Operation Vitreus, which targeted criminal drug syndicates.
Police stormed properties, homes and businesses - even uncovering drugs buried in bushland in Western Australia - as part of the joint national operation, seizing drugs with a street value estimated at $475m.
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