A US businessman arrested as part of an FBI and NSW Police drug trafficking and money laundering investigation is expected to argue he is not a flight risk when he applies for bail in a San Diego court.
Owen Hanson Jr, 33, was reportedly playing golf in San Diego when the FBI swooped on him.
NSW Police say three men in Sydney, including a solicitor, were also arrested on Thursday, as was a music producer in Melbourne.
Hanson Jr will appear before a judge in the US District Court in San Diego on Friday to apply for bail.
NSW Police will seek to have the 33-year-old extradited to Sydney on arrest warrants for money laundering, perverting the course of justice and intent to defraud by false or misleading statement, as well as an additional charge of supplying a large commercial quantity of drugs.
The investigation began in 2011 when authorities discovered $A702,000 cash in a Sydney hotel room.
In late 2014, Organised Crime Squad detectives executed search warrants in the Sydney suburbs of Sylvania, Potts Point and Luddenham, with warrants also taking place in Richmond and Balnarring, Victoria, police said.
The raids allegedly netted $A68,000 in cash, drugs, steroids, documents and electronic equipment.
The operation also allegedly uncovered information relating to the importation of 300kg of cocaine from Mexico to Australia, via the United States.
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