Key player in Sydney's drug importation scene Adam Powell sentenced to jail

By Nick McKenzie and Nick Ralston
Updated July 24 2016 - 1:28am, first published 12:15am
Adam Powell, 36 (left), was picked up this month as part of a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police and the NSW Crime Commission. The competitive bodybuilder, who used to train with one of Australia's most wanted organised crime figures (Hakan Ayik, right), has been charged in a multi-million-dollar cocaine bust.
Adam Powell, 36 (left), was picked up this month as part of a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police and the NSW Crime Commission. The competitive bodybuilder, who used to train with one of Australia's most wanted organised crime figures (Hakan Ayik, right), has been charged in a multi-million-dollar cocaine bust.
The Port Botany container terminal where Powell operated.  Photo: Kirk Gilmour
The Port Botany container terminal where Powell operated. Photo: Kirk Gilmour
Drugs and cash seized as part of the investigation. Photo: photos@smh.com.au
Drugs and cash seized as part of the investigation. Photo: photos@smh.com.au

In May, as NSW detectives, federal agents and border force officers were advised by senior police that their work for Australia's leading waterfront crime taskforce would no longer be funded, one of the men they had arrested was preparing to plead guilty.

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