{"id":468230,"date":"2022-03-21T11:43:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T11:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=468230"},"modified":"2022-03-21T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T11:43:24","slug":"sydney-restaurateur-allegedly-tried-to-smuggle-in-900kg-of-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=468230","title":{"rendered":"Sydney restaurateur allegedly tried to smuggle in 900kg of cocaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A former restaurant owner has been charged after allegedly trying to smuggle in 900kg of cocaine into Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Police raided the home of Mostafa Baluch, 33, in Bayview in Sydney&#8217;s northern beaches,  <a href=\"http:\/\/test1.forex.pm\/\">forex.pm<\/a> earlier this month and allegedly found $62,700 in cash, four mobile phones, a small amount of cocaine and steroids, and US$12,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Baluch, who once owned Cervo restaurant in Northbridge, faced charges including possessing anabolic steroids, drug supply, and dealing with the proceeds of .<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 33-year-old was on Wednesday hit with another charge of conspiracy to import a commercial quantity of drugs. He was refused bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Baluch&#8217;s arrest came as part of a large investigation that was sparked by a huge gamble at a Sydney casino.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p>  <img id=\"i-fe973496e4a3abd0\" height=\"674\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Police raided the home of Mostafa Baluch, 33, in Bayview in Sydney's northern beaches earlier this month and allegedly found $62,700 in cash, four mobile phones, a small amount of cocaine and steroids, and US$12,000\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>  <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Police raided the home of Mostafa Baluch, 33, in Bayview in Sydney&#8217;s northern beaches earlier this month and allegedly found $62,700 in cash, four mobile phones, a small amount of cocaine and steroids, and US$12,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The restaurateur was arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged organised crime sting plotting to supply three tonnes of cocaine in NSW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Detectives started the investigation last year after receiving a tip about a person gambling a huge amount of money at the Star Casino, the reported.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-20\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<p> &lt;li class=&quot;rotator-next<a href=\"http:\/\/test1.forex.pm\/\">binary options affiliates blogs for kids<\/a>&#8216; 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