Australia: record seizure of 1.8 tons of methamphetamine camouflaged in marble slabs

Australian police reported on Friday that they had kidnapped 1.8 tons of methamphetamine glass, a figure that represented the largest seizure of this drug in its history. The approximate value of the black market cargo is estimated at 1,115 million dollars.

“The expeditions and camouflage were very sophisticated,” acknowledged Erin Dale, assistant police commissioner for the New South Wales region, during a press conference in Sydney following the procedure. It is that, as specified, it was methamphetamine from the United Arab Emirates camouflaged in marble slabs.

So far, the authorities of the oceanic country have arrested three people linked to the case. However, they have not yet managed to dismantle the drug mafia responsible for importing this drug.

The seizure of this shipment was carried out in two operations. The first occurred in July, when more than 750 kilograms of crystalline methamphetamine, camouflaged in marble slabs, were discovered inside 24 shipping containers bound for Sydney Harbor.

This week, officers carried out another seizure of 19 containers at the Sydney Maritime Terminal, which contained 1,060 kilograms of this drug, also camouflaged on marble slabs.

On the other hand, customs authorities reported Friday that they found 161 kilograms of crystalline methamphetamine and 30 kilograms of cocaine camouflaged inside a Bentley-brand car from Canada.

In Australia, one of the largest per capita consumers of methamphetamine in the world, some 3.4 million people, representing nearly 14 percent of the population, use illicit drugs, according to official data.

An Argentine arrived in Ezeiza with three bottles of wine: they contained liquid methamphetamine

The bottles of wine were inside the suitcase, in gift bags. They were detected by the scanner of the Ezeiza International Airport. When customs officers examined them, they noticed that the caps were adulterated. Therefore, they decided to examine them comprehensively and discovered the maneuver: it contained liquid methamphetamine.