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| Subject: OZschwitz: Immoral drug bust nets thieving statists $1.3 million Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:46 pm | |
| Police re-arrested the nephew of Ita Buttrose today - hours after a court released him on bail - following the discovery of $1.3 million in cash and nearly eight kilos of cocaine in a Darling Point house they believe he owns.
His wife, Pollyanna, is due to give birth on Monday.
Richard William Buttrose, 36, was arrested on Wednesday in his car near his multimillion-dollar Paddington home, following a six-month undercover operation in which he allegedly twice sold a police officer eight grams of cocaine.
He appeared at Central Local Court yesterday and was bailed on six charges of supply and possession of cocaine.
Following his release, Paddington detectives last night searched another house in Sutherland Crescent, Darling Point, where it is understood they found $1.3 million in cash and 7.7 kilos of cocaine, valued at $2 million.
They re-arrested Buttrose when he arrived at Rose Bay police station this morning to report, in line with his bail conditions.
He is now facing several more serious drug charges and will face court one at Central Local Court for the second time in two days.
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