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Members of an alleged criminal syndicate have been busted with bricks of cocaine that had been brazenly stamped with the Australian Federal Police logo.
Officers attached to Taskforce Becke stopped a tow truck carrying a Nissan X-trail on Pennant Hills Road in Oatlands, in northwest Sydney on Wednesday.
Detectives searched the vehicle and discovered four 1kg blocks of cocaine that had been allegedly concealed in the Nissan for transportation into Queensland.
Commander of the Organised Crime Squad Jason Herbert said officers were 'surprised' to find the official AFP logo stamped on the bricks.
Commander of the Organised Crime Squad Jason Herbert (pictured) said officers were 'surprised' to find the official AFP logo stamped on four 1kg bricks of cocaine
Officers attached to Taskforce Becke stopped a tow truck carrying a Nissan X-trail on Pennant Hills Road in Oatlands, in northwest Sydney, on Wednesday (pictured)
'Syndicates such as these use stamps to identify who owns what product,' the commander said during a press conference on Thursday.
An attending reporter described the decision to stamp the badge of a law enforcement agency on prohibited drugs as 'brazen'.
'I would describe that as interesting, yes,' the
