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29.11.2014 Diaspora (Germany)

Australian Police Seized Drugs Worth $1.5 Billion Shipped From Germany To Sydney

Australian Police Seized Drugs Worth 1.5 Billion Shipped From Germany To Sydney
29.11.2014 LISTEN

Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Customs have arrested six men for their involvement in the attempted importation of almost three tonnes (drugs) of MDMA (MethyleneDioxyMethAmphetamine) and crystal methamphetamine into Sydney. This seizure is estimated to be worth up to $1.5 billion on the street.

The illicit drugs were intercepted by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officers at the NSW Container Examination Facility and were hidden in a mixed container load of furniture and unmarked boxes.

According to the Police, the consignment had an estimated weight of almost 2 tonnes of MDMA and more than 800kg of methamphetamine (a dangerous drug substance) shipped to Australia from Germany and arrived into Australia.

Police conducted a controlled delivery of the consignment to an address in Blacktown where its contents were removed and transported to another location. The six men, all Australian residents ranging from 23 to 34 years old were arrested when they were found accessing the boxes from the consignment at an address in Smithfield.

The Australian Federal Police Commissioner (AFPC) Andrew Colvin, said, agencies are working together harder than ever to stop drugs from entering our country. Their teaming up as a part of the Joint Organised Crime Group, has facilitated this seizure which represents the second largest in Australian history and is worth up to $1.5 billion.

Police Commissioner Colvin further said, "these illicit drugs are hideous poisons that ruin not only people's lives but they destroy families, entire communities and have the potential of destroying a whole generation."

The Australian security Agencies believe strongly to have successfully taken an enormous and unprecedented portion of drugs off the streets of New South Wales and the effects of this great seizure will be seen far and wide across the Australian community, they said.

FRANCIS TAWIAH (Duisburg-Germany)

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