CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police media release

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A Melbourne-based criminal syndicate with alleged links to organised crime has been dismantled, with three men charged over the cultivation and trafficking of illicit drugs.

A Keilor Park man, 35,an Albion man, 28, and an Echuca man, 54,were charged after allegedly being linked to the cultivation and trafficking of cannabis and other illicit drugs. A Fraser Rise man, 39, was arrested but later released pending further inquiries.

The AFP and Victoria Police launched an investigation in November, 2024, into a suspec...