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Police suspect 'fled in $4500 taxi ride' from Sydney to Melbourne

An alleged ice supplier has been extradited to Sydney from Melbourne, where police say he'd fled via a $4500 taxi ride.

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A taxi seen passing through the CBD in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Source: AAP

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A fourth man will front court over an alleged Sydney ice syndicate, with police having seized about $45 million-worth of the drug.

The latest arrest, of a 28-year-old Chinese national, was made in Melbourne on Friday with police saying he fled there by taxi - racking up a fare of nearly $4500.

The first arrest was made in Sydney's Haymarket on July 22 when police stopped a driver for talking on his mobile phone and allegedly found 3kg of methylamphetamine in his car.

The 28-year-old man was extradited to NSW and charged with supplying a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.

He has been refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Saturday.

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The three other men remain before the courts.


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