Detectives have seized 17 luxury cars and almost $1 million in cash as part of their investigation into a man allegedly selling medication illegally out of a business in Melbourne's northwest.
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Officers on Thursday raided the business at Moonee Ponds, where they allegedly found a large amount of illegal prescription medication including steroids and human growth hormones.
The raid followed a five-month investigation and detectives arrested the 54-year-old alleged business owner at a factory at Somerton in Melbourne's north a short time later.
Police searched the factory and seized $950,000 in cash, along with 17 luxury cars including two Lamborghinis, a Porsche, a Corvette and a Mercedes-AMG.
They also seized six Holden Toranas including a VK SS Peter Brock valued at $1 million.
Officers alleged the cars, which had a combined value of about $4 million, were the proceeds of crime.Â
Detectives charged the man, from Yarrambat in Melbourne's northeast, with several offences including trafficking a commercial quantity of prescription drugs, trafficking a commercial quantity of steroidal agents and trafficking testosterone.
He was due to face Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday.