In the operation, police seized A $1 million worth of drug, a total of 13 arrest. (photo from the Daily Telegraph)
Police recently seized nearly A $1 million worth of drug in a crackdown on backpackers and tourists trying to make fast money, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Sydney police have been investigating the drug deal in Sydney`s inner city for a long time. In recent days, arrest has 13 drug-trafficking suspects, 11 of whom are foreign citizen.
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The black market value of seized drug is estimated at A $ nine hundred and fifty thousand.
Before the end of the operation, two men were killed by police arrest on Friday night.
A 28-year-old French man and a 23-year-old Irish man were arrested at a backpacker hotel in (Potts Point), Cape Burts, on suspicion of illegally supplying MDMA.
The 28-year-old French man faces a series of drug crimes accusation, including the supply of prohibited drug for commercial quality and seven accusation items for the quantity of prohibited drug available for prosecute.
A 23-year-old Irish man is accused of knowingly participating in the supply of prohibited prosecute quantities of drug.
Police Wood (Gavin Wood) said the tourists were not part of a larger operation. (Cheng Pui-Yan)
