Taskforce Falcon charges three men and seizes $16 million worth of drugs in Sydney’s western suburbs
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Taskforce Falcon detectives have charged three men and seized $16 million worth of drugs following an investigation into an alleged drug supply syndicate in western Sydney.
In June 2025, detectives attached to State Crime Command’s Taskforce Falcon commenced an investigation under Strike Force Duncan into the alleged organised supply of prohibited drugs and firearms for Organised Crime Networks.
At about 6am on Thursday October 15, strike force detectives from squads Duncan and Raptor executed a search warrant at a property in Glendenning.
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Officers also located and seized 48 rounds of ammunition at the property.
A 38-year-old man was subsequently arrested and taken to Mt Druitt Police Station where he was charged with supplying a prohibited drug in amounts greater than large commercial quantities, possessing a prohibited drug, and possessing ammunition without holding a license.
The man was refused bail and appeared before Mt Druitt Local Court on the same day.
Following investigations, at about 6.30am on Tuesday October 27, strike force detectives executed another search warrant at a property in Rooty Hill.
During the search, police seized about 60g of methylamphetamine and arrested two men, who were charged at Mt Druitt Police Station.
A 46-year-old man from St Clair was charged with supplying a prohibited drug in amounts greater than large commercial quantities, being found on drug premises, and failing to comply with a digital evidence access order direction.
A second 46-year-old man from St Johns Park was charged with supplying a prohibited drug in amounts greater than indictable quantity, supplying an unregistered firearm, and being found on a drug premises.
Both men were refused bail and are set to appear before court on Wednesday.
At 7.10am on Tuesday, strike force detectives executed another search warrant at a property in St Clair where they seized a further 28g of methylamphetamine, as well as equipment and chemicals suspected of being used to manufacture illicit drugs.
At 9am on the same day, police executed a crime scene warrant in Minchinbury, where officers uncovered an allegedly inactive clandestine laboratory.
Investigations into the suspected drug syndicate remain ongoing.
