NSW Police have arrested a 48-year-old woman in Sydney's west in relation to a string of offences including falsifying prescriptions.
The woman has been charged with breaking into a specialist doctor's surgery in Westmead in Apr 2018, when it is alleged she stole medical supplies.
Police executed a search warrant at an apartment complex in Parramatta on Thu 13 Feb, where they discovered prescribed restricted substances, prohibited drugs, electronic devices, alleged falsified prescriptions, personal identification believed to have been stolen, an axe, a knife, a sickle, bicycles and a cash register which are alleged to have been stolen.
The items were seized to undergo forensic examination, and the accused was arrested and charged with possessing forged prescriptions, goods in personal custody suspected being stolen, two counts of possess prescribed restricted substance, and dealing with proceeds of crime.
Police also alleged the woman had used forged prescriptions to gain access to prescribed substances between May 2019 and Feb 2020.
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