By James Atkinson
Police have charged a 41-year-old bottle shop owner in relation to the theft of more than 3,000 cartons of beer earlier this month.
A trailer containing 3,193 cartons of beer valued at $80,000 was allegedly stolen from Sydney's Wetherill Park between Saturday 18th and Monday 20th February.
After executing a search warrant at a home in Moreton Street, Lakemba, police last week seized almost 3,000 cartons of various ales.
A 41-year-old bottle shop owner was subsequently charged with receiving and dealing with property suspected to be proceeds of crime.
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He was issued with a future court attendance notice to appear in Burwood Local Court on March 12.
Police are understood to be investigating what happened to the missing 200 or so cartons of beer.