Further two people charged after 6.5 tonnes butanediol worth $132 million seized - Strike Force Camena

Saturday, 01 March 2025 04:04:26 AM

A further two men will face court today charged after more than 6.5 tonnes of a drug, believed to be 1,4-Butanediol – also known as bute – was seized this week, under Strike Force Camena.

On Monday (24 February 2025), officers attached to Burwood Police Area Command conducting a Firearms Prohibition Order compliance check at an address in Croydon located a parcel, sent from a storage facility in Homebush, containing approximately five litres of a prohibited drug, believed to be bute.

The parcel was seized for forensic examination.

Detectives established Strike Force Camena – a joint investigation between officers attached to Burwood Police Area Command and the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad – to investigate the supply of bute.

Following inquiries, police executed a search warrant at a postal facility in Silverwater, where they seized 225kg of a prohibited drug, believed to be bute.

On Tuesday (25 February 2025), a search warrant was executed at a post office in Rhodes, where 23 litres of a prohibited drug, believed to be bute was seized.

The seized items will undergo forensic examination.

Investigators charged a 27-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman with drug supply offences. They remain before the courts.

Following further inquiries, Strike Force investigators executed a search warrant at a unit in Long Street, Burwood about 2pm yesterday (Friday 28 February 2025).

The occupant, a 43-year-old man, was arrested. A second man, aged 42, was arrested at a unit in Croydon Park shortly after.

They were both taken Burwood Police Station and charged with take part in the supply of prohibited drugs – large commercial quantity. The younger man was also charged with possess prohibited drug.

They have been refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court today (Saturday 1 March 2025).

Inquiries under Strike Force Camena continue.

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