Alleged Albion Park drug-cooking kingpin makes bid for bail

Natalie Croxon
Updated July 7 2024 - 1:14pm, first published July 5 2024 - 4:12pm
Police arrest Matthew Joel Purches at his Albion Park home on June 5. Picture supplied by NSW Police Force
Police arrest Matthew Joel Purches at his Albion Park home on June 5. Picture supplied by NSW Police Force

An Albion Park man stands accused of running a drug operation that manufactured large commercial quantities of MDMA - totalling thousands of pills - in a Yallah warehouse.

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Natalie Croxon

Natalie Croxon

Journalist

Reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, mostly covering social affairs. Previously of the Bendigo Advertiser, Northern Daily Leader and Quirindi Advocate. Our Watch award winner.

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