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Five people have been arrested and $21 million worth of methylamphetamine has been seized after an alleged drug operation was busted.

The first of the arrests took place on Tuesday when the search of a property in Colebee, west of Sydney, uncovered over six kilograms of ice in "a large-scale clandestine laboratory containing equipment and chemicals consistent with the manufacture and supply of prohibited drugs", NSW Police said.

A 33-year-old was taken into custody there and a 32-year-old a short time later in Auburn.

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A search of the Auburn home resulted in the discovery of a black Honda Accord allegedly "fitted with a sophisticated hide, as well as a number of precursor chemicals, electronic devices, prohibited drugs, and cash", police said.

A Toyota Hilux on the Hume Highway just before 5pm yesterday allegedly had 15 kilograms of ice inside, along with $7000 cash.

A 36-year-old man and 33-year-old woman were arrested and taken to Campbelltown Police Station. 

Another man – aged 39 – was arrested at a Guildford West home a short time later.

The final arrest came today, when a 36-year-old was arrested in a car stop in Seven Hills this morning.

Police said the arrests are linked and that the total estimated street value of the multipe drug hauls is worth $21 million. 

The woman has since been release but the others have been charged on a string of drug related charges.

Police said the investigation is continuing. 

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The message "thou shalt not kill" was left in a shaken Sharon Graham's letterbox during a woodchipper death investigation, a court has heard.

Graham, 61, and partner Gregory Lee Roser, 63, have pleaded not guilty to murder after Bruce Saunders died while working on a property north of Brisbane in November 2017.

The Crown alleges Graham asked Roser and another lover Peter Koenig to kill her ex-partner Mr Saunders, 54, and make it look like an accident in a bid to claim his $750,000 life insurance.

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Footage has been shown to a Brisbane Supreme Court jury of Saunders' legs protruding from the chipper at the Goomboorian property near Gympie after clearing trees with Roser and Koenig.

Graham complained to Roser that she "can't cope" in a February 2018 conversation recorded by police listening devices planted throughout her Nambour residence.

"I don't want to be in this house any more. I can't stay here," she said in audio played to the jury on Thursday.

"You have no idea what has happened this week. I can't talk to you on the phone … scary s—.

"I've got people putting paperwork in my letterbox like the Ten Commandments."

"The Ten Commandments?" Roser asks.

"Yeah, thou shalt not kill … I'll show it to you," Graham said.

"What the f—," Roser replies.

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The couple also discuss inconsistencies in Roser's police statements at the Nambour residence where Saunders also used to live.

"You have actually incriminated yourself to be put on charges which is totally not right," Graham said.

"So what's happening now you need to tell a lawyer 'I f—ed up with my statements … because the day of it happening I have a total block'.

"'Something has blocked my head. It's a wonder I was able to give a statement'."

Roser says there are inconsistencies about where he was when he claimed he first saw Saunders in the chipper after answering the police's "dickhead questions".

Graham then reminds Roser that police could not find footprints where he claimed he stood in his bid to "save" Saunders from the chipper.

"That definitely caught you," she said.

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Roser replies: "I f—– up there."

Graham adds: "In shock you would say a lot of things that were not right."

Roser blamed the police for his statement inconsistencies.

"Because you know what they do they interrupt you all the time … and it f—s you up," he said.

"I had in my mind something and then he (police) started talking … that's what they kept doing to me."

The couple also discussed blaming Roser's medication after researching side effects.

Roser tells Graham that one causes "dizziness and light-headedness".

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"You can't judge things … you can't judge distances, it throws you out," he said.

Graham tells Roser to approach his doctor and say the medication's serious side effects had led to confusing police statements.

She then discovers they are reading the medication's withdrawal symptoms.

Roser then says: "Here we go, this one … I know I have got that – disorientation."

"What's disorientation mean?" Graham asks.

"It means you can't make decisions," he replies.

Graham then tells Roser: "The doctor has to put all of this in writing for you."

Graham has successfully applied for a separate trial.

Roser's trial before Justice Martin Burns continues on Monday.

Former NRL player Curtis Scott has been convicted of assaulting his athlete girlfriend and intimidating her with threats to kill as their relationship broke down in 2018.

Scott, 24, pleaded not guilty to a choking charge, two charges of assault occasioning body harm and one charge of intimidation against his partner at the time, long jumper Tay-Leiha Clark.

He also denied backup counts of assault.

The charges related to alleged altercations in a hotel room at Lake Conjola, Sylvania and a "break-up" incident before Scott drove a car into a tree.

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The former Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders player had several other related charges against him dismissed at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court in August.

In handing down verdicts on Friday, magistrate Daniel Covington said he was satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt Scott assaulted Clark causing actual bodily harm in the so-called Sylvania incident on October 27, 2018.

The magistrate pointed to evidence that Scott put his hand on Clark's neck and "launched" her over a lounge into a wall, causing her to skin her arm and sustain an egg-sized lump on her head.

He noted that while no one saw it happen, Clark's version was consistent with "persuasive" testimony from others in the house at the time.

On the Lake Conjola incident, Covington found Scott guilty of common assault, concluding that the ex-NRL player "charged" at Clark, but said he could not conclude he bit her on the neck.

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The court heard the assault was sparked when Scott got "cranky" after Clark's sister became scared one night and wanted to sleep in her bed with her.

There was evidence that after the incident Clark said Scott "was standing over me going 'f***, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry'," the magistrate said.

He also convicted Scott of intimidating Clark in a phone call – the break-up incident – accepting Scott said "f— you, I'm going to kill you", called her a "whore" and "slut", and also threatened to kill himself, before he drove into a tree.

The magistrate said there was an abundance of evidence that Scott made the threats and rejected his claims that he only threatened to harm himself.

He dismissed charges against Scott over the alleged hotel room assault, describing it as a "one-one-one" incident with no other witnesses.

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Covington commended Clark's testimony at trial, describing it as logical and noting that she answered questions without delay.

"She was firm in her evidence and didn't waver in cross-examination, he said.

"Aspects of her evidence were compelling."

On defence claims that her credibility was a "live issue" and that her evidence was embellished and inconsistent, Mr Covington rejected issues "infected" the evidence.

He adjourned the matter to November 18 for sentence.

If you or someone you know is impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au.

In an emergency, call 000.

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