Police have arrested nine people and seized cannabis, heroin and cocaine valued at more than $2 million in three separate drug busts in NSW

Police have arrested nine people and seized cannabis, heroin and cocaine valued at more than $2 million in three separate drug busts in NSW in the past 36 hours.
More than 500 marijuana plants were seized by NSW Police in another raid on seven houses associated with an alleged hydroponic cannabis syndicate today on the far north coast.Police say today's raid on the seven properties in Cudgera Creek, Burringbar, Terranora, Banora Point and Palmvale were the result of months of planning.They allegedly found cannabis growing in converted underground bunkers at one property, and sophisticated hydroponic equipment worth $100,000 at others.Seven men have been arrested and are being interviewed. Police say they expect to lay charges.Tweed/Byron local area command crime manager Greg Carey said it was believed the cannabis was destined for the streets of Tweeds Head and the Gold Coast."This is another significant win for the NSW Police Force in the war against drugs," Detective Inspector Carey said.A police spokeswoman said at this stage the alleged cannabis syndicate was not related to recent drug raids on a number of properties in Sydney suburbs, particularly Blair Athol.More than 25 'cannabis houses' have been raided and tens of millions of dollars of drugs seized by police during the raids in Sydney's west and south-west.Both the men arrested at Sydney Airport were due to appear in Sydney Central Local Court today.Australian Federal Police also arrested two men allegedly trying to smuggle drugs through Sydney Airport yesterday.
A 56-year-old US citizen was allegedly caught trying to smuggle approximately 200 grams of cocaine disguised as pain killers while another 49-year-old man on a flight from Hong Kong was arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle 65 grams of heroin internally.The AFP alleged in a statement today that officers found two bottles of what appeared to be paracetamol in the US man's luggage after he arrived on a flight from New York yesterday and preliminary testing revealed the tablets to be cocaine.
The AFP also alleged that the 49-year-old man on the Hong Kong flight was stopped during a baggage examination yesterday morning and he later "passed" a package believed to contain heroin in a Customs facility.