Vic charges over 25kg cocaine trafficking

Police have charged a Melbourne man with trafficking 25kg of cocaine.

A Melbourne man has been charged with trafficking 25kg of cocaine.

Assam Lababidi, 44, of South Yarra appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday to face charges of possession, trafficking a large commercial quantity of cocaine and dealing in more than $100,000 suspected of being the proceeds of crime.

A spokesman for the Australian Federal Police said the charges related to 25kg of the drug.

Lababidi was remanded to appear in court again on May 30.


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