Guess What Australia Police Found at Cigarettes Cartons from Indonesia
Guess What Australia Police Found at Cigarettes Cartons from Indonesia
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ADELAIDE - Police have arrested a man with links to the Hells Angels Bikie gang after uncovering a shipment of $40 million worth of crystal methamphetamine (ice) hidden in stone slabs imported from Indonesia. Just before Christmas, Australian Federal police found the 'ice' packed inside cigarette cartons which openly display brand names without health warnings and which are banned in Australia.
As reported Daily Mail, among the stone slabs were wooden crates lined with Styrofoam sheets and packed with Dunhill and Sampoerna, an Indonesian clove cigarette, brand cardboard boxes sealed with masking tape. When police opened the boxes, they found blankets wrapped around plastic bags filled with 60 kg of ice. Police found these black and clear plastic bags inside cigarette cartons packed into wooden crates and secreted among a shipment of stone slabs from Indonesia they were highly suspicious.
The cigarette cartons were a dead give away to Australian Border Force Police that the mysterious packages of banned cigarette brand boxes among the shipment of stone slabs were anything but legal. A blanket wrapped around plastic bags containing 60kg of crystal methamphetamine was uncovered in a shipment of stone slabs from Indonesia to Adelaide before Christmas.
Working with South Australian police, the Federal officers from the Australian Border Force waited several weeks before targeting an individual allegedly involved with the shipment. On Thursday, state officers arrested an Adelaide man who has links to the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle gang. The 43 year old, who was arrested and is currently in custody, faces serious charges that carry penalties of up to life in jail if he is found guilty.
On Friday, police relased photographs of the ice haul and a statement saying, "We’re very happy to report that up to $40 million worth of Ice, and hundreds of thousands of potential hits, now won’t make it to our streets".
Police suspicions were confirmed when they began unrolling the plastic bags to find a massive 60 kg of methamphetamine which they estimated would have been worth $40m on the market.
As reported Daily Mail, among the stone slabs were wooden crates lined with Styrofoam sheets and packed with Dunhill and Sampoerna, an Indonesian clove cigarette, brand cardboard boxes sealed with masking tape. When police opened the boxes, they found blankets wrapped around plastic bags filled with 60 kg of ice. Police found these black and clear plastic bags inside cigarette cartons packed into wooden crates and secreted among a shipment of stone slabs from Indonesia they were highly suspicious.
The cigarette cartons were a dead give away to Australian Border Force Police that the mysterious packages of banned cigarette brand boxes among the shipment of stone slabs were anything but legal. A blanket wrapped around plastic bags containing 60kg of crystal methamphetamine was uncovered in a shipment of stone slabs from Indonesia to Adelaide before Christmas.
Working with South Australian police, the Federal officers from the Australian Border Force waited several weeks before targeting an individual allegedly involved with the shipment. On Thursday, state officers arrested an Adelaide man who has links to the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle gang. The 43 year old, who was arrested and is currently in custody, faces serious charges that carry penalties of up to life in jail if he is found guilty.
On Friday, police relased photographs of the ice haul and a statement saying, "We’re very happy to report that up to $40 million worth of Ice, and hundreds of thousands of potential hits, now won’t make it to our streets".
Police suspicions were confirmed when they began unrolling the plastic bags to find a massive 60 kg of methamphetamine which they estimated would have been worth $40m on the market.
(rnz)
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