‘A massive amount of drugs’: police in Sydney seize meth worth $828m allegedly hidden inside machinery
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6PNZJ)
Federal police charge 31-year-old man after drugs allegedly found in shipping container from US at Port Botany
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An anonymous tipoff has allegedly led authorities to nearly $1bn worth of methamphetamine hidden in industrial machinery and destined for the Australian market.
Almost one tonne of the drug, commonly known as ice, was recovered from two large machines in a shipping container at Sydney's Port Botany in July after being delivered from the US.
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