Date-rape drug ‘bute’ increasingly linked to sexual assaults in Australia, police say
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6N5AT)
Federal police and border force say they have seized 4,200 litres of butanediol over the past three months - mostly imported from China
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Thousands of litres of a dangerous drug linked to sexual assaults and overdoses have been seized in Sydney after being smuggled into the country in beauty products and food items, authorities say.
The Australian federal police (AFP) and the Australian Border Force (ABF) said on Thursday they had seized 4,200 litres of butanediol - commonly known as bute" - in the three months since laws were changed to make it a border-controlled drug.
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