Residents in Quennsland, they were waiting to receive the drugs from Canada when they were arrested / They had a rural plot to develop their clandestine businesses / A controlled delivery served to catch them red-handed
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged three Queensland men for their alleged involvement in a scheme to import 1.2 tons of liquid methamphetamine into Australia, after Canadian authorities intercepted the illicit drugs hidden in a shipment of juice bottles.
The Queenslanders, aged 30, 35 and 43, were arrested by AFP officers at a rural property in Jimboomba and a shopping centre in Browns Plains, on Brisbane's south side, last week (Wednesday, September 11, 2024). The trio appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday (September 12, 2024)
The AFP investigation focused on a transnational criminal organization that allegedly organized the attempted importation of 1,280 liters of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of juice bottles. This amount of liquid methamphetamine has an estimated street value of $400 million, once converted to crystal meth, and could have equated to 4 million individual street transactions.
The AFP launched its investigation after the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) identified the illicit drugs in May 2024, when the shipment arrived in Vancouver from Brazil. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) alerted AFP before the liquid methamphetamine was removed from the shipment and replaced with an inert substance. The shipment then continued to Brisbane, where it arrived on a container ship on September 3, 2024. The AFP arrested the three men after the controlled shipment was delivered to a rural property in Jimboomba and stored in a large shed.
Tests conducted by Canadian authorities revealed that the liquid methamphetamine had a purity level of up to 89 percent. The seized liquid methamphetamine will be subjected to further forensic tests by the AFP to confirm the purity of the shipment.
AFP Acting Commander Adrian Telfer said the negative impact of methamphetamine on the Australian community was well known. “The cost to our society of consuming 4 million doses of crystal meth cannot be overstated,” Deputy Commander Telfer said. “If it had been turned into crystal meth and sold in the Australian community, this amount of liquid meth would have led to domestic violence, assaults and contributed to the cost of roads, as well as lining the pockets of organised crime.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged three Queensland men for their alleged involvement in a scheme to import 1.2 tons of liquid methamphetamine into Australia, after Canadian authorities intercepted the illicit drugs hidden in a shipment of juice bottles.
The Queenslanders, aged 30, 35 and 43, were arrested by AFP officers at a rural property in Jimboomba and a shopping centre in Browns Plains, on Brisbane's south side, last week (Wednesday, September 11, 2024). The trio appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday (September 12, 2024)
The AFP investigation focused on a transnational criminal organization that allegedly organized the attempted importation of 1,280 liters of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of juice bottles. This amount of liquid methamphetamine has an estimated street value of $400 million, once converted to crystal meth, and could have equated to 4 million individual street transactions.
The AFP launched its investigation after the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) identified the illicit drugs in May 2024, when the shipment arrived in Vancouver from Brazil. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) alerted AFP before the liquid methamphetamine was removed from the shipment and replaced with an inert substance. The shipment then continued to Brisbane, where it arrived on a container ship on September 3, 2024. The AFP arrested the three men after the controlled shipment was delivered to a rural property in Jimboomba and stored in a large shed.
Tests conducted by Canadian authorities revealed that the liquid methamphetamine had a purity level of up to 89 percent. The seized liquid methamphetamine will be subjected to further forensic tests by the AFP to confirm the purity of the shipment.
AFP Acting Commander Adrian Telfer said the negative impact of methamphetamine on the Australian community was well known. “The cost to our society of consuming 4 million doses of crystal meth cannot be overstated,” Deputy Commander Telfer said. “If it had been turned into crystal meth and sold in the Australian community, this amount of liquid meth would have led to domestic violence, assaults and contributed to the cost of roads, as well as lining the pockets of organised crime.