Four men have fronted court in Melbourne after police found more than 600kg of methamphetamine hidden inside a shipment of toilet paper rolls.
The 622kg of meth is believed to have a street value of about $560m and would be equivalent to about 6.2 million street deals.
The shipment of toilet paper arrived in Melbourne on October 4 via sea cargo from Malaysia and was discovered by Australian Border Force officers to have “anomalies” during an X-ray screening. Hundreds of 1kg packages were found hidden inside the shipment, each containing the ‘white crystalline substance’. Picture: Victoria Police
A 34-year-old Malaysian man and the other 33-year-old Chinese man were also arrested in Sunshine North and Box Hill respectively.
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