South Australian Police have carried out what they call the state’s largest recent seizure of drug-manufacturing equipment, charging two people in connection with the haul.
On March 9, police arrested Dennis Tsonis after a search at a Woodville North property in connection with an ongoing drug investigation.
Dennis, 44, has been charged with offences dating back to February this year alongside allegations from March. Police allegedly uncovered equipment and chemicals consistent with a clandestine laboratory inside a shed and in the rear of a ute parked at the property.
Dennis is yet to enter a plea to manufacturing a controlled drug, trafficking in a commercial quantity of a controlled drug, possessing a firearm without a licence and two counts of trafficking in a controlled drug.
Investigators also allegedly found about 400g of methamphetamine and a large quantity of chemicals used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine. A loaded sawn-off shotgun was also allegedly seized by police.
Further investigations saw a 41-year-old Woodville North woman, Rachel Tsonis arrested on March 22. She was charged with the same offences and appeared in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court the following day.
Court documents allege that between December and March Rachel manufactured a large commercial quantity of methamphetamine.
It’s further alleged that, earlier this month, she possessed a sawn-off shotgun and trafficked in a commercial quantity of meth.
Tsonis adjourned her bail application and was remanded in custody. Both alleged offenders will face the Adelaide Magistrates Court in June.
Source: The Advertiser
