$400,000 in smack on a 78-year old man

A 78-year-old man is among 13 people arrested in drug raids on seven properties in Melbourne's inner north and west. Houses in Brunswick, Kensington, Carlton and North Melbourne were raided by Victoria Police about 6am.

"They uncovered a large quantity of heroin with a wholesale vale of about $400,000," a police spokeswoman said.
"One of the 13 was a 78-year-old man found with heroin in his possession."

Heroin found at the properties was expected to have a street value of more than $1 million. The spokeswoman said the 13 suspects were being interviewed at the St Kilda Road police complex. In a separate overnight raid, the Major Drug Investigation Division found an amphetamines laboratory at Christmas Hill. A man, 58, was arrested when police searched a property in Ridge Road before 2.30am. A police spokeswoman said the raid was part of a three-month operation. She said the laboratory would be dismantled today.