Border police in Australia have uncovered AU$55 million price of smuggled meth and heroin in a cargo from Thailand, in accordance with a report from the Australian Associated Press. The shipment was hid in packing containers of green tea and magnets and found at Melbourne Airport.
The 27 boxes had been shipped from Thailand on February 19 and got here to light when x-rays indicated abnormalities with the packing containers. Customs officers carried out further checks on the cargo and found that the boxes contained fifty six kilograms of methamphetamine and thirteen kilograms of heroin. According to the report, the estimated avenue value of the drugs is around AU$55 million.
The Australian Federal Police force has now launched an investigation.
Drug trafficking operations between Thailand and Australia are an everyday prevalence with a quantity of seizures in current months. In November of last 12 months, 2 Australian men who allegedly conspired to smuggle more than 300 kilograms of heroin from Thailand to their house nation were arrested by Australian Federal Police.
The arrests have been linked to a July 2021 seizure by Thai customs officers at a port in Chon Buri. Officers searched an outgoing sea cargo container destined for Queensland and located 314 kilograms of heroin hidden in paint drums.
In December 2021, officials in Thailand discovered 1.2-billion-baht worth of crystal meth being shipped out of the kingdom and destined for Australia. Concealed of medicine were hid in punching bags normally used for boxing..