Detectives have arrested two men, including a CFMEU delegate, as part of a probe into alleged drug trafficking on construction sites in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Taskforce Hawk officers have also seized \u201csignificant quantities\u201d of steroids amid investigations, police have said.<\/p>\n
Police carried out search warrants at addresses in Mulgrave, Heathmont and Fitzroy from 5.45am on Thursday.<\/p>\n
A 35-year-old Mulgrave man, who is a CFMEU delegate, was arrested along with a 32-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman from Fitzroy.<\/p>\n
The CFMEU official and the other man were charged after the trio were interviewed.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old faces charges of traffic anabolic steroid, possess prescription drug, possess drug of dependence, possess prohibited weapon and possess controlled weapon.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old was charged with counts of traffic anabolic steroid, possess prescription drug, possess drug of dependence, knowingly deal with proceeds of crime and possess prohibited weapon.<\/p>\n
The pair were bailed to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates\u2019 Court on January 19 next year.<\/p>\n
The arrested woman was released with an intent to summons.<\/p>\n
A raft of other items, including a large quantity of steroids and peptides, have also been seized from the addresses.<\/p>\n
A quantity of cocaine, MDMA and cannabis, electronic devices, a taser, two extendable batons, OC spray, drug paraphernalia and a large amount of cash were also seized by police.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice will allege the trio were involved in importing a range of illicit drugs and steroids through the mail and trafficking them at construction sites across Melbourne,\u201d a Victoria Police statement said.<\/p>\n
Taskforce Hawk, which was initially established as Operation Hawk in 2024, was set up to investigate criminal behaviour linked to the construction industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detectives have arrested two men, including a CFMEU delegate, as part of a probe into alleged drug trafficking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17327,132904,121321,64090,147329,114033,147320,129274,63222,147316,67034,39612,74219,94746,51618,16971,147315,3340,37292,1003,147330,147317,8005,2668,33090,147332,147314,1109,312,134832,48347,36699,3205,1301,16978,16408,1189,147327,147322,33828,147318,147323,260,147333,46910,147326,47236,74166,147325,70244,3121,34917,1047,28564,72871,7296,147331,41843,68113,147334,60119,23310,147324,54725,43911,41741,147328,147319,44442,89957,41738,79035,37068,78438,7444,147321,74174,37474,68,1373,21121],"class_list":["post-87539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-melbourne","tag-17327","tag-5-45am","tag-a-27-year-old-woman","tag-a-32-year-old-man","tag-a-35-year-old-mulgrave-man","tag-a-cfmeu-delegate","tag-a-large-amount","tag-a-large-quantity","tag-a-probe","tag-a-quantity","tag-a-raft","tag-a-range","tag-a-taser","tag-a-victoria-police-statement","tag-addresses","tag-alleged-drug-trafficking","tag-an-intent","tag-arrest","tag-cash","tag-cfmeu","tag-cfmeu-delegate","tag-cfmeu-official","tag-charges","tag-cocaine","tag-construction-sites","tag-controlled-weapon","tag-counts","tag-court","tag-crime","tag-criminal-behaviour","tag-dependence","tag-detectives","tag-drug","tag-drug-paraphernalia","tag-drug-trafficking","tag-electronic-devices","tag-fitzroy","tag-heathmont-and-fitzroy","tag-illicit-drugs-and-steroids","tag-investigations","tag-january-19","tag-mdma-and-cannabis","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-construction-sites","tag-men","tag-mulgrave","tag-next-year","tag-oc-spray","tag-operation-hawk","tag-other-items","tag-part","tag-picture","tag-police","tag-prescription-drug","tag-proceeds","tag-search-warrants","tag-significant-quantities","tag-snapp-breaking-or-general-news","tag-steroids","tag-steroids-and-peptides","tag-summons","tag-taskforce-hawk","tag-taskforce-hawk-officers","tag-the-32-year-old","tag-the-35-year-old","tag-the-addresses","tag-the-arrested-woman","tag-the-cfmeu-official","tag-the-construction-industry","tag-the-mail","tag-the-melbourne-magistrates","tag-the-other-man","tag-the-pair","tag-the-trio","tag-thursday","tag-traffic-anabolic-steroid","tag-two-extendable-batons","tag-two-men","tag-victoria","tag-victoria-police","tag-weapon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}