A large-scale drug syndicate has been busted after police charged several people, seizing heroin and nearly $800,000 in cash in homes across Sydney.
A 39-year-old man was arrested on Friday in Campsie for being involved in the street supply of drugs.
It follows the arrests of four other men this week over the alleged crime ring that has been operating in southern Sydney, the CBD and Eastern Suburbs.
On Monday, police arrested a 45-year-old man at a house in Cronulla after finding heroin on the premises.
They also arrested a 66-year-old man at a motel in the same suburb.
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He had $70,000 in cash on him and was getting ready to leave the country, police allege.
In the nearby suburb of Miranda, police discovered $650,000 hidden under the floor of a house and subsequently charged a 40-year-old woman.
Over at a Randwick house, a 51-year-old man was also caught in possession of more than 80 deals of heroin and more than $45,000 cash.
An additional four men were charged earlier this year after police seized 19 kilograms of the drug ice, 1000 ecstasy tablets, a gun and $25,000.
Two of the men are due to appear in Sutherland Local Court and Waverley Local Court on Friday.
A further two are on bail and will front Sutherland Local Court on September 26, while another will appear at a later date.
