Sydney police bust clandestine drug lab
State and federal authorities have busted a clandestine drug lab and arrested a man as part of their offensive against Asian crime syndicates.
The 26-year-old man will face court charged with manufacturing the drug ice in an illegal laboratory in the Sydney suburb of Burwood, and importing an illicit precursor chemical.
The arrest follows a joint investigation by detectives from the State Crime Command's Asian Crime Squad, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and the NSW Crime Commission.
Police will allege a clandestine laboratory, found in one of two units they searched before the arrest on Friday, was being used to make methylamphetamine, known on the street as ice.
They also located 20kg of a type of pseudoephedrine called ContacNT which they will claim was illegally imported from overseas.
The arrested man was refused bail and is due to appear in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday.
'This operation sends a strong deterrence message to those attempting to import or manufacture illicit substances in Australia,' Customs and Border Protection investigations manager Kingsley Woodford-Smith said in a statement.
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