The crackdown on organised crime in and around Sydney continues with almost $900,000 seized and another man arrested on the Central Coast.
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The 37-year-old British man was arrested while trying to flee a home at Umina on Wednesday.
Police seized $338,000 from the home and a further $556,000 from storage units at Woy Woy, along with foreign currency.
The money is alleged to be the proceeds of crime and will be forensically analysed.
The man will face Gosford Local Court on Thursday, charged with trespass and proceeds of crime offences.
His arrest is the latest move by Taskforce Erebus, a multi-agency state and federal partnership established this week to investigate a spate of murders, shootings and other offences linked to gangs and organised crime.
So far this week the taskforce has arrested and charged multiple members and associates of organised crime groups, particularly outlaw motorcycle gangs including the Comancheros, Finks and Rebels.
Police have also begun applying for Drug Supply Prohibition Orders to target convicted drug dealers police believe may be still involved in illegal activities.
A DSPO, if granted, allows police to repeatedly carry out searches under the order without a warrant.
It is similar to Firearm Prohibition Orders that permit police "harassing criminals", allowing them to stop and search people under an order.
A 36-year-old alleged Comancheros member was stopped for an FPO search at Brighton-Le-Sands on Monday.
While police did not find any firearms, he was issued traffic infringement notices, his vehicle was defective, and he was prohibited from driving for 24 hours after allegedly testing positive to methylamphetamine and cocaine.
No firearms were found on Sunday, either, when police tried to stop a man for an FPO search at Greenacre.
The 46-year-old was charged with a number of other offences after he allegedly failed to stop for police and then trespassed in people's yards as he tried to run away.
Police initially attempted to stop the man because "there was enforceable legislative reason to do it", State Crime Commander Detective Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett said.
"As you see on a daily basis, Raptor (Squad) are out there kicking doors in, doing vehicle stops, making arrests and harassing criminals," he said.
Australian Associated Press
