Police arrested 11 people and seized $600,000 worth of drugs and cash after a major operation in regional Victoria on Saturday.
In Queensland, police charged a man with 15 weapon and drug-related offences on Thursday as a result of a drug-trafficking investigation in Logan.
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NSW Police charged a man for allegedly possessing semi-automatic firearms after detectives executed a searched warrant at a home in Birrong in Sydney's west on Friday morning.
The eight-month Victorian investigation focused on dismantling Shepparton's primary suppliers, with police alleging drugs were transported from Melbourne to a trafficking ring in Victoria's north.
Officers raided 13 homes and storage sheds in Shepparton and Melbourne on Wednesday and Thursday, seizing $150,000 worth of methamphetamine, $100,000 of MDMA, $132,000 of cocaine, $10,000 of cannabis, $150,000 in cash, a pistol and ammunition, and three allegedly stolen motorbikes.
"This week's efforts have seen police remove significant amounts of drugs from Shepparton streets, striking a major blow to the illicit drug trade," Shepparton crime investigation unit Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Shortis said in a statement.
"We know that drug use often serves as a springboard to other serious crimes which can have devastating consequences for our community."
Those arrested included eight men from Shepparton who were all charged with drug trafficking.
Police have seized guns, drugs and cash as part of trafficking investigations across three states. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)
Queensland Police charged a 36-year-old from Loganholme, south of Brisbane, after search warrants were executed at three addresses.
It will be alleged police located three pistols, a large quantity of ammunition and $180,000 in cash.
Detectives also located approximately 2.8kg of methylamphetamine with an estimated street value of $246,000.
The Loganholme man was charged with a string of offences including three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon and four counts of possessing dangerous drugs.
Detective Acting Inspector Nicola Brown said the arrest was part of a wider crackdown on unlawful weapons and drugs.
"Police have disrupted a serious supply chain of methylamphetamine that we know was being distributed across the southeast Queensland area," she said.
On Friday, NSW Police arrested a man at a house in Birrong after searching another property in the area where a mobile phone was seized for forensic examination.
The 27-year-old was charged with more than half a dozen firearm-related offences including possessing an unregistered firearm/pistol.
He was refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court on Friday.
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