NSW:Macris father behind bars over drug haul

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2011
NSW:Macris father behind bars over drug haul

EDS: changes keyword from Ice to Macris following court appearance

By Belinda Cranston and Vincent Morello

SYDNEY, Aug 3 AAP - The father of an Ibrahim family rival is behind bars after police
allegedly uncovered enough chemicals to make $13 million worth of the drug Ice in his
car.

Stelios Macris, 73, was picked up by police on Tuesday afternoon while he was driving
a Ford station wagon along the F3 at Brooklyn, north of Sydney.

They were investigating the manufacture of methylamphetamine in the Sydney area.

It's alleged that Macris, who lives in the well-heeled Sydney suburb of Mosman, was
transporting three metal jerrycans containing 24 litres of a substance later identified
as methylamphetamine oil.

The discovery prompted a search of a home at Phegans Bay, on the Central Coast, which
police describe as a "safe house".

Inside was another 26 litres of meth oil, two firearms and ammunition, police allege.

Detective Superintendent Deborah Wallace told reporters on Wednesday the combined 50
litres was enough to make 50kg of the drug Ice.

"That has a potential wholesale value of $13 million," she said.

Macris is the father of John Macris, 37, who was allegedly targeted in a murder plot
by brothers Michael and Fadi Ibrahim and a third man, between July 2009 and September
2009.

The trio believed John was behind the near-fatal shooting of Fadi in June 2009, a court
heard earlier this year.

Stelios Macris faced Gosford Local Court on Wednesday charged with two counts of drug
possession and two counts of possessing an unregistered firearm.

Bail was not applied for and the matter was adjourned until Thursday, the court confirmed.

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