A man has been arrested at the Adelaide Airport for drug offences.
About 6.45pm yesterday (Thursday 13 November), detectives from Serious and Organised Crime Branch from Operation Ironside with the assistance of Adelaide Airport AFP, arrested a 39-year-old man from Port Lincoln at the Adelaide Airport in relation to drug offences.
The man has been charged with three counts of traffic in a large commercial quantity controlled drug, seven counts of traffic in a controlled drug and two counts of traffic in a commercial quantity controlled drug.
He was remanded in police custody and appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today (Friday 14 November).
Detectives from Serious and Organised Crime Branch with the support of police from Port Lincoln in Eyre & Western Region, undertook the search of three premises in Port Lincoln seeking evidence connected to this arrest.
This arrest is the 56th person arrested in relation to the resolution of Operation Ironside 3.0.
Detective Superintendent Shane Addison from Serious and Organised Crime Branch said "Serious and Organised Crime Branch Detectives are continuing to work with the evidence derived from the ANOM devices and where evidence of those responsible for serious criminal offending is identified, we will continue to act in order to hold those individuals accountable for their criminal offending and keep the South Australian community safe from the impact of illicit drugs."
