{"id":776571,"date":"2026-07-03T13:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/776571\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:57:18","slug":"sydney-news-18-arrested-after-police-seize-more-than-21m-worth-of-drugs-across-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/776571\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney news: 18 arrested after police seize more than $21m worth of drugs across Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major blow has been dealt to overseas crime<\/a> gangs after 18 arrests and the seizure of more than $21 million worth of drugs<\/a> in a major Sydney-wide crackdown.<\/p>\n

Detectives arrested 18 men allegedly linked to the violent Badger gang, a syndicate based in south-east Asia<\/a> and behind some of the recent gangland crimes being carried out across Sydney.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police arrested 18 people across Sydney. \u00a0NSW Police Force<\/p>\n

Detective Superintendent Peter Faux alleged most of the men arrested were middle men for the gang, calling them \u201cthe coordinators of the distribution of large amounts of prohibited drugs\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that a majority of these people who we have arrested and charged are linked to [the Badger] organised crime network (OCN).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt brings with it violence, which is what we have seen on the streets, and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve made a concerted effort to target this OCN over the past 18 months,\u201d Faux said.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> believe they are one of the largest manufacturers and importers of methamphetamine into NSW.<\/p>\n

A secretive task force targeting the gang recently seized $77 million worth of drugs, including cocaine, methylamphetamine and ketamine.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The multi-million dollar operation saw multiple raids across Sydney.\u00a0NSW Police Force<\/p>\n

In the past week, a series of raids was carried out across western Sydney<\/a>, including in Fairfield East, Birrong, Merrylands, Canley Heights and Bankstown.<\/p>\n

Eight men were arrested, accused of having varying roles in the network and of distributing drugs across Sydney.<\/p>\n

It is being investigated whether the crime gang is linked to the abduction and murder of Bankstown mother Kim Tran in April last year<\/a>, as well as the foiled plot to kill a father collecting his children from a Revesby daycare last year.<\/p>\n

Ties between the Badger syndicate and the Coconut Cartel<\/a> are also being investigated. <\/p>\n

Faux did not rule out further arrests, stating \u201cthere will be more charges in the near future\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major blow has been dealt to overseas crime gangs after 18 arrests and the seizure of more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-776571","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\/776571","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=776571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}