I Wayan Denny Anthony Sanjaya Erlambang, 21, of Arundel was refused bail today and will be transported to New South Wales over the weekend.
He was arrested this week by Australian Federal Police as part of Operation MARCA.
Police
alleged Erlambang, a member of the Vicious Circle feeder
club to the Gold Coast Bandidos chapter, was hired as a mule
for the syndicate.
Twenty people, including three Gold Coast men, four Customs
officers, baggage handlers and a quarantine officer have
been arrested and charged with conspiring to import 100kg of
pseudoephedrine through Sydney International Airport in June
last year.
It is alleged only 40kg has been recovered. Testing
allegedly revealed the drugs had a high purity and could be
worth an estimated $28.31 million on the street.
Two other Gold Coast Vicious Circle members, Marlon Hikaiti-Paul,
19, and Levi Ratahi, 21, have also been arrested and
charged.
The men were arrested after an extensive investigation by
Operation MARCA officers involving phone intercepts,
surveillance, listening devices and witness statements.
Today in the Southport Magistrates Court, a Commonwealth
prosecutor said Erlambang was facing a maximum penalty of 25
years' jail.
MM Lawyers principal Campbell MacCallum said his client was
a carer for his grandmother and could not offer a surety as
he and his associates were "not flush with money".
Magistrate Terry Duroux refused bail.
Ratahi was arrested in Gladstone earlier
this week.
Hikaiti-Paul was arrested at Tweed Heads, and barrister
Chris Rosser will represent him when he faces a Sydney court
in June.
