More than 4000 litres of the drug have been seized recently as police warn about a rising number of sexual assaults and overdoses linked to it.
Authorities are cracking down on a dangerous “date rape drug” which has been linked to sexual assaults and overdoses.
Bute can be legally imported into Australia for legitimate industrial use by importers registered with the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme and is used in the production of plastics and polymers. ‘Bute’ is an industrial chemical used to produce plastics and can be a significant danger if consumed, police say.AFP Eastern Commander Kate Ferry said the amount of bute attempted to be imported into Australia was concerning.“Bute is an industrial chemical used to produce plastics and can be a significant danger if consumed,” Commander Ferry said.
The most common ways officers saw the drug hidden was inside body oils, face masks, or food products. Search warrants led by the AFP at businesses in the Sydney suburbs of Fairfield and Lidcombe led to the further seizure of more than 1000 litres of bute.
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