A 53-year-old alleged drug dealer was hit with a string of charges in the Hunter, after police arrested him at Shortland.
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The man is facing 36 charges including 25 counts of supplying an illegal drug, supplying a commercial quantity of illegal drugs, directing the activities of a criminal group, and offences related to unregistered firearms, dealing in the proceeds of crime, among other drugs-related charges.
Police searched a home on Sandgate Road at Shortland on Thursday, after the arrest, and seized a gun, methamphetamine and heroin, cash, as well as suspected stolen jewellery and tools.
The man appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Thursday, police said in a statement on Saturday afternoon.
The arrest and charges came as part of Newcastle City Police District Proactive Crime Team's investigations into the supply of drugs in and around Newcastle, under Strike Force Caulfield.
Simon McCarthy
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
