CANBERRA, Australia — Three people have been charged with drug offenses over Australia’s largest seizure of methamphetamine, which had been smuggled to Melbourne from Bangkok in stereo speakers. They used their position of trust to circumvent the border controls that exist within Australia,” Gaughan said. A larger consignment of 1.7 metric tons (1.9 U.S. tons) of crystal meth bound for Australia was seized in California in January. Australian police said then it was the largest shipment of the drug bound for Australia and the largest ever domestic seizure in the United States. Australia is an attractive market for international drug traffickers because of the relatively high prices that Australian drug users are willing to pay.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 05, 2019 05:15 UTC