Police in the state of Victoria have continued their big crackdown on clubland. According to a report from Fairfax, a local DJ and another nightclub promoter have been arrested, accused of attempting to smuggle a kilo of ketamine into Australia.
As The Age reports, DJ Kasey Roy Taylor and promoter Robert Charles Oung allegedly attempted to bring in a kilo of the popular party drug to Melbourne Airport from Asia last month, each ingesting about 500 grams of the drug.
Taylor and Oung were examined under the Customs Act and charged with importing a marketable quantity of an illegal substance, before being taken to the Alfred Hospital where police waited for the drugs to pass through their systems.
Both Taylor and Oung were granted bail and are due to face the Magistrates’ Court in August. Apparently unfazed by the arrest, after Taylor was released on bail, he shared images of himself partying at the Railway Hotel last weekend.
Fairfax claims that Taylor, who regularly plays gigs around Australia and Asia, was one of several members of Melbourne’s club scene who’d been under surveillance by police for the past few months, including some connected to the Railway.
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As Tone Deaf reported earlier this month, police recently told the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court that Brunswick’s Railway Hotel was selling so many drugs, punters were forced to line up to purchase ice and cocaine.
Police claim Chris Lytras, 47, and Paul Polito, 37, both charged with trafficking offences, sold large quantities of drugs out of the upstairs office of the popular venue, with Polito “acting as a concierge” for punters looking to purchase drugs.
Meanwhile, Melbourne DJ Jason Kolbeck, co-owner of the Two Floors Up nightclub, which was raided as part of an unconnected operation last month, was recently denied bail. Police reportedly found “several thousand ecstasy pills” as well methamphetamine during their raid.
