A group of Sydney cabbies accused of using their taxis to each make up to 150 deliveries of cocaine a day have been refused bail.
The four men, aged in their 30s, were arrested in simultaneous raids on five properties on Friday when police seized eight guns, $350,000 cash and cocaine with a street value of more than $90,000.
Three of the men - a 38-year-old from Guildford and two Auburn men aged 35 and 36 - are charged with knowingly directing an organised criminal gang, while a 39-year-old from South Granville is charged with participating in the gang.
Each of the men were refused bail and will face courts in Parramatta and Burwood on Saturday on other charges, including three counts of supplying drugs on an ongoing basis.
NSW Police allege the men and their taxis were part of a drug syndicate using a pizza delivery style business model to make between between 50 and 150 one-gram cocaine deliveries a day, seven days a week.
NSW Police Superintendent David Donohue speaks to the media in Sydney. (AAP) Source: AAP
"We will allege they were delivering the drugs ... right throughout Sydney from the foot of the mountains right throughout the CBD," Superintendent David Donohue said.
"The Sydney CBD was a hot spot."
Supt Donohue said using taxis to deliver drugs, on demand, was a relatively new phenomenon.
"The methodology is similar to a lot of business models, whether we deliver pizzas or drugs," he said.
Police said it was unclear how long the men had been driving cabs or whether the men obtained licences so they could deliver drugs.
"Their licences and issues around their taxi licences will be forwarded to the relevant authorities for them to investigate," Supt Donohue said.
The men's vehicles were seized for forensic analysis.
Customers of the syndicate should consider themselves on notice.
"Anyone who has used this service can expect a knock on the door," Supt Donohue warned.
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