21:34 EDT, 1 May 2021
An upmarket Japanese restaurant inside the Crown Sydney complex has reportedly lost some of its most generous tippers after a group of men were arrested in a series of police raids.
Officers busted their way into properties across Sydney and Wollongong last week and allegedly uncovered designer-branded drugs, bags of cash and luxury cars.
Six men were arrested in the raids, with one male pictured being hauled out of a home in Gucci slides while another was handcuffed in his underwear.
According to an insider within the restaurant who spoke to the Sunday Telegraph, some of the men arrested - dubbed the Gucci gang - would eat at the establishment on a weekly basis and would leave whopping tips on top of their bill.
Six people have been charged over alleged supply of prohibited drugs across Sydney.(NSW Police Force)
Following an extensive investigation, a 36-year-old man was arrested at a car park in Bulli near Wollongong yesterday.
Shortly after the arrest, investigators searched properties across Sydney in Dover Heights, Miranda, Revesby, Pyrmont, Peakhurst, Rose Bay, Taren Point and Zetland.
During the searches, officers seized 12.5 kilograms of illegal drugs â including a large brick of cocaine with DIOR carved into it.
Large quantities of MDMA, and methylamphetamine (ice) were also sized during the searches along with $1.2 million cash, three firearms, ammunition, four luxury cars, jewellery valued at $1 million and 100 litres of chemicals used in the manufacture of prohibited drugs.
Six men charged over alleged drug syndicate linked to bikies
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Stacks of $50 and $100 notes totalling about $1.2 million, drugs worth $12 million - including blocks of cocaine stamped with the word âDiorâ - and gold-coloured firearms were seized in a police raid on Wednesday.
Six men were slapped with more than 130 charges between them after police investigating an alleged drug supply syndicate and its links to the Sydney-based bikie group Bandidos swooped on multiple properties across the city.
One of the men arrested in Rose Bay.
21:29 EDT, 28 April 2021
Designer-branded drugs, bags of cash and luxury cars have been uncovered by police during a raid on a bikie stronghold, cops allege.
Officers busted their way into the properties across Sydney and Wollongong, allegedly discovering evidence of illicit activity – and the designer clobber bought with the ill-gotten gains.
Six men were arrested in the raids, with one man being hauled out in Gucci slides while another was handcuffed while in just his underwear.
Police say they seized guns, 12.5 kilograms illicit drugs with a combined street value of $12million, $1.2million in cash, Rolex watches, Louis Vuitton sunglasses, and even Christian Dior-plated bricks of cocaine.
possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority,
participate criminal group contribute criminal activity, and,
possess precursor intend to use in manufacture/production.
He was refused bail to appear at Wollongong Local Court today (Thursday 29 April 2021).
Shortly after, investigators from Raptor Squad and Southern Region RES executed 10 search warrants at properties at Dover Heights, Miranda, Revesby, Pyrmont, Peakhurst, Rose Bay, Taren Point and Zetland.
During the searches, officers seized more than $1.2 million cash, three firearms, ammunition, four luxury vehicles, jewellery valued at $1 million, electronic devices, items consistent with the supply of prohibited drugs and 100L of chemicals used in the manufacture of prohibited drugs.