A top criminal investigator with the NSW Crime Commission could face life imprisonment over an alleged multi-million dollar international drug syndicate.
Mark Standen, 51, an assistant director with the commission and ex-federal police officer, will face Central Local Court today after being charged with conspiring to import 600kg of pseudoephedrine to be illegally used to manufacture the drug Ice.
He was arrested yesterday at his Sydney CBD office by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
A second Sydney man, 45, was also arrested over his alleged involvement in the international drug ring spanning The Netherlands, Pakistan, Thailand and Australia.
NZPA