From op shop to cop shop: Vinnies shopping spree before $1.5b drug bust
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But with his goods sitting on the dock awaiting clearance, Mr Sabu suddenly changed his plans, emailing Chess: “I’ve been in discussions with my company and there’s a possibility I may need my things shipped to London.” He was, according to the email, keen for the goods to be left in the same container and not unpacked.
“Maybe this person sending this container was having some wavering thoughts,” Crown prosecutor Mr Staehli told the court.
On November 27, with the drugs removed and police surveillance in place, the container was cleared for pickup on bond from customs, meaning it could be moved but not collected or have its seal broken until inspection. “Things really started happening,” the Crown alleges.
That day, a CCTV camera at Chess in Blacktown suddenly stopped working. Cars belonging to the unpacking crew were detected travelling from Woolloomooloo to Blacktown and then Smithfield where one member, Rene Arancibia, had rented an industrial warehouse unit.
A “check list” was received on Ozgen’s Blackberry.
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