Police allegedly seized a handgun and ammunition during a raid in Turner on 29 May. Photo: ACT Policing.
Police have claimed an estimated $1 million stash of drugs was seized, as well as a luxury car and a gold bar, during a raid on an accused dealer’s home in central Canberra.
An investigation began into the alleged dealer late last year and officers raided his home in Turner on Thursday (29 May), an ACT Policing spokesperson said.
Police said they allegedly uncovered a huge stash of illegal drugs with an estimated street value of about $1 million, including about 1 kg of heroin, 1 kg of methylamphetamine, 300 grams of MDMA and 300 millilitres of GHB.
They also allegedly seized a Nissan Skyline GTR worth an estimated $160,000, a handgun and ammunition, more than $10,000 in cash, a gold bar worth about $20,000, three electric scooters and an electric bicycle.
The alleged drug dealer, 40-year-old Conrad Yukio Thorp, was arrested and faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday (30 May), where he was formally charged.
He made no application for bail and he was remanded in custody to 23 June.
His charges include two counts of drug trafficking and single counts of money laundering, unauthorised possession of a firearm and possessing the proceeds of crime. No pleas were entered.
