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NSW Police have intercepted what they say is the largest ever seizure of methylamphetamine at the Australian border.

Police have found more drugs hidden within side the marble intercepted last month.

Officers have since found a further 1,800kg with an estimated potential street value of more than $1.6 billion.Blacktown MP calls for more hospital staffA Western Sydney MP is calling for more doctors, nurses and support staff to be employed at Blacktown Hospital after the death of a young woman. Three men have been charged with allegedly importing more than $150 million into Port Botany inside a vintage Bentley.

Another man, aged 25, was arrested during a vehicle stop where he was found with methylamphetamine and $1.1 million.An x-ray of the Bentley revealed anomalies before the drugs were found.A police officer is among four people charged in an investigation into the supply of cannabis in Sydney. He has been charged with supplying an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug and knowingly directing a criminal group.

The serving police officer was refused bail and was set to appear with two other men, aged 27 and 42, before Bankstown Local Court today.

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