Officers from the Drug and Firearm Squad have charged a 24-year-old woman as part of an investigation into the supply of illicit drugs into Western Australia.
About 7:30am on Wednesday 15 December 2021, police executed a search warrant at the home of the woman on Skipper Place in Ballajura.
During the search warrant, more than $132,000 in cash was located inside a bedroom of the home, along with 48 ounces of silver bullion.
It will be alleged the woman is laundering the money on behalf of a man, who at the time was an inmate at the Yongah Hill Detention Centre. It will further be alleged the money is linked to organised crime and the supply of illicit drugs into Western Australia.
The 24-year-old woman from Ballajura has been charged with one count of Laundering Property/Money from Proceeds of Major Offence.
She is next due to appear before the Midland Magistrates Court on 3 May 2022.
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