'Drug kingpin' granted bail after Qld bust

The alleged kingpin of an interstate drug trafficking network who used unsuspecting truck drivers as mules will need to report to police three times every day as part of strict bail conditions.

Duy Nghi Dang, 39, was one of five men arrested in July after Queensland and Federal police busted the alleged syndicate, raiding a "safe" house in suburban Brisbane.

They seized 213g of heroin, 428g of methylamphetamine, cash, weapons, spare bags, scales, measuring cups and surgical gloves worth more than $500,000.

Detectives said the group was a key part of the Brisbane market and the drugs were moved from Sydney through various means, including commercial travel as well as planting them inside cars being transported on vehicle carriers.

But Dang's solicitor, Tim Meehan, on Friday denied the operation was of a sizable scale.

"But for the complicating feature of my client allegedly being a vicious lawless associate, my submission is that he would be granted bail in the Magistrates Court, and almost as a matter of course," Mr Meehan told the court.

Dang has been charged under Queensland's anti-gang legislation not because he is a bikie, but because he was allegedly part of a criminal syndicate.

"The allegation is that he is the head of the Dang syndicate ... whatever that is," Mr Meehan said.

Crown Prosecutor Shelley Francis said there was a risk Dang would re-offend if he was granted bail, even though the operation had been dismantled.

"In my submission that would not prevent Mr Dang ... re-entering the unlawful drug activity world in some other way," Ms Francis said.

Judge Flanagan granted bail on strict conditions, including that Dang reside in NSW, not contact his co-accused, report to police three times each day, not possess an encrypted mobile phone, and supply a $300,000 surety.

The matter will next be mentioned in Queensland on October 6.