NSW: Mastermind ran drug ring from maximum security cell

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2008
NSW: Mastermind ran drug ring from maximum security cell

A prisoner in a New South Wales maximum security jail has been caught allegedly running
a 250-thousand dollar drug trafficking operation from his prison cell using a smuggled
mobile phone.

Police say they intercepted more than 19 thousand calls between May 1 and June 11 this
year .. an average of 460 calls a day.

The calls allegedly involved discussions of highly organised criminal activities.

A series of dawn raids were launched across Sydney and Melbourne today .. with police
arresting seven men allegedly involved in trafficking a quarter of a million dollars of
cocaine .. ice and cannabis interstate.

The inmate .. who cannot be identified .. will be charged with at least 15 serious
drug and criminal group offences tommorrow.

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KEYWORD: TRAFFICKING (SYDNEY)

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