Australian police drug bust
- 12 years ago
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Police in Australia have seized drugs with a street value of over 25 million Australian dollars ($27 million U.S. dollars).
In a New South Wales police statement, it said police have also arrested one person believed to be involved in a major drug distribution network.
The drugs which included 49 kilograms of heroin and 20 kilograms of methylamphetamine were hidden in fruit juice cartons and were seized in a raid on a storage unit in the northern Sydney suburb of Artarmon on Thursday (February 9), along with 300,000 Australian dollars ($321,000 U.S. dollars) in cash.
The bust was a joint operation between the State Crime Command's Organised Crime Targeting Squad and the New South Wales Crime Commission.
Detectives arrested a 43-year-old Australian-Iranain man with dual citizenship as he visited the storage unit. He appeared in court on Friday (February 10).
Police in Australia have seized drugs with a street value of over 25 million Australian dollars ($27 million U.S. dollars).
In a New South Wales police statement, it said police have also arrested one person believed to be involved in a major drug distribution network.
The drugs which included 49 kilograms of heroin and 20 kilograms of methylamphetamine were hidden in fruit juice cartons and were seized in a raid on a storage unit in the northern Sydney suburb of Artarmon on Thursday (February 9), along with 300,000 Australian dollars ($321,000 U.S. dollars) in cash.
The bust was a joint operation between the State Crime Command's Organised Crime Targeting Squad and the New South Wales Crime Commission.
Detectives arrested a 43-year-old Australian-Iranain man with dual citizenship as he visited the storage unit. He appeared in court on Friday (February 10).