BREAKING: Authorities have seized more than $1.6 billion of drugs during two separate interceptions. 9News
The car, a 1960 Bentley S2, arrived at Port Botany in a shipping container from Canada earlier this month.Police found a large amount of meth hidden behind the headlights, and overall seized 161kg of meth and 30kg of cocaine concealed in the car.
Two men, aged 20 and 23, were arrested in Rooty Hill in western Sydney yesterday and charged with drug offences. A third man, aged 25, was also charged when he was pulled over in Ballina in northern NSW yesterday afternoon.Police have kept more than $1 billion worth of meth off the streets in a history-making bust.All three men were refused bail and will appear in court later today.
In a separate investigation that started earlier this year, investigators examined a number of sea cargo containers that had arrived in Port Botany, finding 748kg of methylamphetamine hidden in marble slabs.Three men, aged 24, 26, and 34, were arrested and remain before the courts. Police today revealed they had also investigated extra containers that arrived in Port Botany last week, finding 1060kg of meth also hidden in marble slabs.Police are set to address the media about the investigations later this morning.
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