A MAN carrying an estimated $3,000 of heroin around Sydney’s Kings Cross in water bombs has been arrested by police after months of surveillance.

A five-month operation led to the arrest of the 37-year-old man yesterday.

Police say he was walking along Liverpool Street allegedly carrying 58 individual packs of the drug in coloured water balloons, with an estimated street value of $3,000.

Cash and mobile phones were also seized by police, while a Suzuki motorbike worth $12,000, said to be bought with the proceeds of crime, was taken by officers searching a Northmead home linked to the man.

He was arrested and is due to appear at Parramatta Local Court to face drug supply and possession charges.

“Police in Kings Cross and Surry Hills have been working hard to stop the flow of heroin to the streets and this arrest should serve as a warning to other would-be drug dealers that we will continue to do so,” Inspector Gary Koschel said.