Police have made major drug busts across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
Strikeforce Castlestead detectives arrested two men at a service station on Gateway Boulevard Morisset yesterday afternoon, where a search of the pair revealed a large quantity of cocaine and cash.
They were taken to Belmont Police Station and charged with multiple offences - they will face Newcastle Local Court today.
Officers then carried out search warrants at Mayfield, Cameron Park and Wangi Wangi.
At Wangi, large amounts of cocaine, GHB and cash were seized amid the discovery of a clandestine drug lab.
All up five men, who are locals excluding one man from Rose Bay, have been arrested during the operation, with their charges ranging from supply, criminal enterprise, manufacture and expose a child to the process.
Police expect to make more arrests soon.
