A 30-year-old man will face Parramatta Local Court today charged with importing heroin into Australia that had been concealed within mahjong tiles and dominoes.

Customs officials stopped the Ashcroft resident for questioning when he arrived at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Vietnam yesterday.
A search of his luggage allegedly uncovered four medium-sized black cases containing mahjong tiles and dominoes.
The tiles appeared to be of poor quality and were subjected to further tests by Customs officers.
A mahjong tile was drilled and presumptive testing of the contents indicated the presence of heroin. …

A MAN has been arrested following a raid on an alleged drug house containing more than 200 cannabis plants worth close to half a million dollars, police estimate.

The plants were found growing in four separate rooms in a house at Parkland Road, Carlingford, in Sydney’s west, about 10.30am (AEST) yesterday.
Police estimate they have a potential street value of $420,000.
A 47-year-old man was arrested when he arrived at the property late yesterday afternoon.
He was taken to Castle Hill Police Station and charged with numerous offences including cultivating a prohibited plant (large …