Ice trade stopped at sauce after liquid meth worth $123m found in mustard bottles
Four alleged members of a sophisticated Vietnamese-Australian crime syndicate have been arrested after $123 million worth of liquid methamphetamine was found concealed in a shipment of mustard bottles.
Border force officials intercepted a shipment of more than 1600 bottles of classic yellow mustard that arrived via air cargo from Chicago in the United States on November 11.
Police seized more than 1600 mustard bottles that contained liquid methamphetamine. AFP
The bottles contained more than 560 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine, which is cooked in clandestine labs to make ice.
"The transition rate from liquid meth to powder meth, depending on the purity and depending on the method, is one for one," said Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Bruce Giles on Monday. "So it is quite a significant seizure."
It is the largest seized importation of liquid methamphetamine in Victorian history and the second-largest nationally.
After it was discovered, crime scene specialists from the Australian Federal Police conducted forensic testing on the consignment and confirmed the two pallets contained liquid methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $123 million.
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