Clandestine lab located in Elsternwick

Detectives from the Clandestine Laboratory Squad and Caulfield Divisional Response Unit have charged a man and woman after they located a clandestine laboratory in Elsternwick.

A warrant was executed at the property on Trevelyan Street about 8am on Wednesday 30 December.

Police located a clandestine laboratory along with chemicals and equipment used for manufacturing illicit drugs.

A 43-year-old Elsternwick woman and a 39-year-old Elsternwick man were both charged with multiple offences including traffick methylamphetamine, traffick cocaine, possess material used to manufacture a drug of dependence and possess precursor chemicals.

They were remanded overnight to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court today.

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