Three men have been arrested and charged after police located a large-scale drug laboratory and two firearms underneath a house in western Sydney, NSW Police say.
Strike Force Papala was established in June 2016 by officers attached to Penrith’s Regional Enforcement Squad (RES) to investigate drug manufacture.
About 5am on Tuesday (27 September 2016), investigators executed a search warrant at a home on Bents Basin Road, Wallacia, with the assistance of officers from St Marys Local Area Command, PORS and the Chemical Operations and Evidence Recovery Unit.
During the search police located a large-scale drug laboratory as well as two firearms underneath the premises.
The three occupants of the house were arrested and taken to Penrith Police Station.
The men, aged 31, 52 and 56 have been charged with large commercial scale manufacture.
They were refused bail and will appear in Penrith Local Court on Tuesday 25 October 2016.
Inquiries continue.
