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<\/p>\nA break-in attempt at a storage unit in Melbourne\u2019s inner-city has uncovered a \u201ctreasure trove\u201d of illicit drugs and millions of dollars in cash.<\/p>\n
Police say that the discovery began after two people were allegedly trying to break into a Port Melbourne storage unit facility on Williamstown Road at about 8.30am on May 27.<\/p>\n
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Detectives located more than $460,000 in cash, alleged to be the proceeds of crime.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n
As police investigated the incident, they police found what they described as a \u201ctreasure trove of drugs\u201d.<\/p>\n
The discovery led to more searches at apartments in St Kilda.<\/p>\n
Police seized an assortment of illicit drugs, including 1kg of methylamphetamine, half a kilo of MDMA powder, 300 MDMA tablets and about 500 prescription pills.<\/p>\n
Authorities also seized multiple weapons, including a stun device and $460,000 they believe to be proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n
Following investigations, a 44-year-old man and 32-year-old woman from St Kilda were both arrested. <\/p>\n
The man was charged in relation to the discovery of the drugs and weapons and was remanded to face court in August. <\/p>\n
The woman was charged with possessing prohibited weapons and failing to answer bail.<\/p>\n
She was granted bail and will face court in November.<\/p>\n
Through further investigations, police identified a man who they believe is the ringleader of the drug trafficking syndicate, who was overseas at the time of the attempted break-in.<\/p>\n
Police arrested him following his return to Melbourne and he was hit with multiple drug charges and held in custody before he is set to face court in August.<\/p>\n
Police are now searching for the man and woman accused of breaking into the storage unit.<\/p>\n
They are believed to be of Caucasian appearance, both aged in their 30s and wearing grey hooded jumpers with high-vis vests, masks and sunglasses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A break-in attempt at a storage unit in Melbourne\u2019s inner-city has uncovered a \u201ctreasure trove\u201d of illicit drugs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-718407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}