Charged over illegal tobacco sales

Cash seized in alleged sale of illegal tobacco products

Raptor Squad police have charged a man following the discovery of more than $800,000 in cash believed to be proceeds of illegal tobacco sales on the Central Coast.


Police executed a search warrant at a home in Booker Bay at about 6.10pm on Thursday, November 21.

They located and seized $833,025 in cash, believed to be proceeds of crime, as well as steroids and Xanax.

A 26-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Gosford Police Station, where he was charged with knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime and two counts of attempt to/possess prescribed restricted substance.

The man was refused bail to appear in Gosford Local Court.

Illegal substances and cash confiscated during the search at a Booker Bay home