Police believe they have 'cut the head off the snake,' dismantling the Alameddine drug syndicate in south-west Sydney. 9News
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said 18 people have been arrested this morning and 29 search warrants were carried out where drugs, cash and jewellery were seized.NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said Taskforce Erebus has arrested 18 people.
"The recent gang violence in south-west Sydney stems directly from the battle to control the drug markets and the profits. Fitzgerald said the group had been supplying a "smorgasbord of drugs" from cocaine, cannabis, prescription drugs and MDMA.
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