Raptor Squad North detectives have charged a man with drug offences in the state\u2019s Hunter Valley region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 6.30am yesterday (Tuesday 30 December 2025), officers attached to Raptor Squad North attended a house on Comfort Avenue, Cessnock, to conducting a Firearms Prohibition Order search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A crime scene was subsequently established and a search warrant was executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the search, police allegedly located and seized $20,000 cash, 650g methylamphetamine, 50g heroin, 1 litre of GHB, two tasers, mobile phones and an allegedly stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 32-year-old man was arrested at the house and taken to Cessnock Police Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has been charged with seven offences:
Supply prohibited drug more than indictable and less than commercial quantity
Supply prohibited drug more than small less than or equal to indictable quantity
Possess prohibited drug
Deal with property proceeds of crime
Possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit (two counts)
Breach of bail<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 2 yesterday (Tuesday 30 December 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Raptor Squad North detectives have charged a man with drug offences in the state\u2019s Hunter Valley region. About 6.30am yesterday (Tuesday 30 December 2025), officers attached to Raptor Squad North attended a house on Comfort Avenue, Cessnock, to conducting a Firearms Prohibition Order search. A crime scene was subsequently established and a search warrant was … Continue reading “Raptor Squad detectives charge man with drugs, weapon offences \u2013 Hunter Valley”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36782,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36781\/revisions\/36782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}