Raids land two in court

TWO men charged after drug raids in St Albans, Craigieburn and Ballarat faced court yesterday.

John Waters, 45, of Melton, and Tomislav Samac, 34, of Craigieburn, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court following the raids on Wednesday.

Police allegedly seized 30,000 ecstasy tablets, 5kg of amphetamine and cannabis, a machinegun and $3 million in assets.

Four others arrested in the raids are expected to be charged on summons.

Mr Waters faced five charges including trafficking a large commercial quantity of amphetamines and resisting arrest.

Mr Samac faced four charges including trafficking a large commercial quantity of ecstasy.

Mr Samac was on bail and due to face court yesterday -- along with wife Suza Samac, 33 -- over 14 earlier drug charges.

Ms Samac faced five charges including trafficking a large commercial quantity of ecstasy.

Magistrate Phillip Goldberg remanded Mr Samac and Mr Waters to reappear on June 29. Ms Samac's bail was extended to appear in court on the same date.

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Pubdate: Fri, 20 January, 2006
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
Author: Kate Uebergang
Website: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/