WATCH: Some of the arrests during a four-day police blitz in the southern Illawarra from November 19-22, 2024, where officers aimed to disrupt supply of illicit drugs and illegal tobacco. Video by NSW Police, Adam McLean
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00:00September this year, the Strike Force League was established to investigate the supply
00:04of privileged drug in the Illawarra area. The investigation focused on the suburbs of Berkeley,
00:09Warrawong and Port Kemwa. As a result of this, last week several search warrants were executed
00:15and FPO were executed on premises around Illawarra, resulting in the arrest of 21 individuals for 95
00:24offences involving the supply of privileged drug and privileged illicit tobacco.
00:35Some of those offences involved the supply and ongoing supply of privileged drugs and in
00:39we allege commercial quantities of privileged drugs. The investigation also uncovered
00:47the distribution supply, illegal supply of tobacco and that led the investigations to
00:52do a search warrant on a shop in Warrawong, where we recovered quantities of tobacco with
00:58a street value or estimated value of $180,000. The search warrants uncovered a range of items
01:06including methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, tasers and a lot of illegal tobacco that was
01:16contained. There is more arrests to come and it's only a matter of time before those people
01:23end up in our police stations and we sort of urge anyone involved in that sort of activity
01:28to consider the implications not only for themselves but the community
01:32and realise it's only a matter of time before we come knocking on their door.