Barbaro, 46, is due to arrive at his Tharbogang home at midday today, following a decision by the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court to release the father-of-four on a record $2 million surety.

He will also be forced to wear an electronic tracking bracelet at

all times, report twice daily to Griffith police, carry a mobile phone with video-call capability and be subject to random police visits to his home.

Barbaro, also known as “Garbo”, has spent four months in custody and is the last of the five local men charged in relation to a $440 million ecstasy haul to be granted bail.

He is charged with importing and trafficking a commercial quantity of ecstasy, importing cocaine and dealing with $7.4 million in proceeds of crime.

Barbaro applied for bail in September but was knocked back because magistrate Simon Garnett ruled he was an unacceptable flight risk.

Despite the prosecution again opposing bail, Barbaro’s barrister Con Heliotis said his client was willing to endure any restrictions necessary to secure his release.

The long list of bail conditions, he said, were “near imprisonment” and he told the court it would be unfair for Barbaro to spend the next two years in prison awaiting trial.

He said the imposition of a $2 million surety would greatly reduce Barbaro’s risk of absconding.

“That surety has never been imposed,” Mr Heliotis said.

“The highest surety ever imposed, in Australia I think, but certainly in Victoria, is $1 million.”

He added that no person in Australia had ever worn an electronic monitor as a bail condition.

Magistrate Garnett granted bail saying the new conditions reduced the risk that Barbaro would flee to an acceptable level.

Barbaro and the other four accused from Griffith will reappear in Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on March 27.