Australian police find drugs worth $246-m in steamroller
Posted November 20, 2012 8:09 pm.
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SYDNEY, Australia (NEWS1130) – Australian police say they have seized $237 million Australian dollars worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found inside a steamroller shipped from China.
Australian Federal Police said Wednesday that they arrested a Canadian man and a U.S. man in Sydney after finding 350 kilograms (770 pounds) of cocaine and meth.
The men were charged with importing drugs and face a maximum of life in prison if convicted.
It was the police agency’s second major drug bust in a week. On Friday, police said officials had tracked down a boat carrying 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of cocaine to Australia after it ran aground in the small island nation of Tonga.
A corpse was found on board. Officials are trying to determine the cause of death.
