Friday, January 20, 2012

Drug gang abandons $150M in drugs in containers

A drug syndicate imported $150 million in heroin, ice and pseudoephedrine in metal tea canisters concealed in the frames of 54 containers shipped from China to Sydney, Australia. The drugs were never retrieved, and the containers were subsequently emptied, sold to unwitting owners, and scattered throughout the state.

Sydney police have tracked down 53 of the containers at 23 different locations. Each container carried 15 kilograms of heroin or pseudoephedrine, valued at up to $3 million.

One container remains missing.

-Sydney Morning Herald

Read the complete story: smh.com.au

 

 

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