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Portland police have seized a gun safe from a Richardson Street address.
Detective Sergeant Jason von Tunk, of the Portland police crime investigation unit, said officers executed a warrant at a Richardson Street address on Tuesday, April 23.
He said the gun safe was removed and would be transported to Warrnambool to be opened by a locksmith on Thursday.
"That safe will be opened and the contents examined before a decision is made about future lines of inquiry," Detective Sergeant von Tunk said.
"We know there's something in it but we don't know what.
It's understood that police had previously not been able to gain access to the safe.
On Monday, 2.30pm
An accused Portland dealer has faced court after he was allegedly found with a significant amount of drugs.
The man was arrested on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at a Richardson Street address and subsequently charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possessing GHB, ice and cannabis, possessing the cash suspected of being the proceeds of crime and possessing ammunition.
He appeared briefly in Warrnambool Magistrates Court on April 22, 2024, and did not apply for bail.
He was remanded in custody to appear in the Portland Magistrates Court on May 14.
Detective Senior Constable Kyra McInnis, of the Portland police crime investigation unit, told The Standard officers went to a Portland address in Richardson Street on Sunday at 5pm in an attempt to locate a person of interest.
At that address they found the 42-year-old accused man, who was wanted in relation to other matters.
He was arrested and on the kitchen bench police found about three millilitres of GHB, 13 grams of cannabis, $1100 in cash and one .22 calibre bullet of ammunition.
A search of the man located a bag containing 20 grams of methamphetamine - with a potential street value of $10,000.
The man was arrested, interviewed, charged and remanded in custody.
"It was a surprise. It certainly wasn't planned to pan out the way it did, but it was good for us and unlucky for him," Detective Senior Constable McInnis said.
Earlier: A Portland man, 42, is currently in the Warrnambool police station cells remanded in custody.
A Portland police spokesman said the man had been charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possessing the proceeds of crime and possession ammunition.
On Sunday evening, April 21, 2024, the man was arrested by Portland crime investigation unit detectives in Portland.
It's alleged that more than a dozen grams of meth was found in a bag belonging to the man, as well as cash and ammunition.
The man was arrested, interviewed, charged and remanded in custody.
It's understood he will face additional charges after follow-up investigations this morning.
The man is expected to appear in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court later today for a bail/remand hearing.
More to come.
