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Miklos Bolza

No proof man linked to 734kg of coke addicted to drugs

Police allege they seized $1 billion worth of cocaine from a unit leased by a man who tried to flee. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)

A Sydney man allegedly caught with $1 billion of cocaine moments after police arrested his would-be kidnappers has been denied bail after failing to convince a court he was addicted to drugs.

Police claim Hussein Hamed Habeeb, 25, was the target of a kidnap plot after four members of a splinter cell were arrested in December 2023.

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