Police have arrested a former ABC radio presenter and hit him with a string of drug provide expenses after a serious investigation.
Ashley Hall was arrested throughout a police raid which noticed $600,000 price of medicine seized from two resort rooms within the Sydney CBD on Wednesday.
The 52-year-old was arrested in Commonwealth St round 10am on Wednesday and charged with 23 offences, together with eight counts of supplying a prohibited drug at an indictable business amount.
Officers then executed two search warrants at lodges in Wentworth St and Bond St, the place they discovered a raft of medicine.
The searches uncovered 500 MDMA tablets, 100g of cocaine, 3.2kg of 1,4-butanediol, 700g of methylamphetamine, greater than a 1kg of hashish and greater than $70,000 money.
Mr Hall was a outstanding determine on ABC Radio, presenting the broadcaster’s present affairs radio packages, in addition to AM, PM and The World Today packages.
He was additionally beforehand the chief producer of AM, ABC radio’s flagship program.
He was taken to Surry Hills Police Station the place he was charged with:
- two counts of provide prohibited drug, giant business amount
- six counts of provide prohibited drug, better than business amount
- eight counts of provide prohibited drug, indictable, business amount
- three counts of provide prohibited drug small amount
- provide prohibited medicine on an ongoing foundation
- two counts of possess prohibited drug, and
- knowingly cope with the proceeds of crime.
The arrest is part of Strike Force Weismantle, which was arrange in August 2022 by the Inner West Police Area Command to analyze the business provide of prohibited medicine all through Sydney.
Mr Hall didn’t apply for bail and was formally refused to seem in courtroom in February.
