Australian police discovered millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine hidden inside a shipment of bras, part of what they said on Monday was the country’s biggest ever drugs bust.
Officers found more than A$1 billion ($712 million) of the lethally-addictive drug – also known as ice – in a series of raids.
More than a quarter of the stash was hidden in gel inserts used as padding for women’s underwear.
Australian Federal Police Commander Chris Sheehan said the sting began in December 2015 when the Australian Border Force examined a shipping container in Sydney.
“That shipping container was found to contain gel bra inserts and hidden inside those gel bra inserts was 190 litres (50 gallons) of liquid methamphetamine,” he said.
The seizure was referred to the Australian Federal Police who began an investigation that found a further 530 litres of the drug in storage units being used for art supplies.
Three Hong Kongers and a Chinese national were arrested during the joint operation with China, which Justice Minister Michael Keenan described as the largest seizure of liquid methamphetamine in Australian history.
“This has resulted in 3.6 million individual hits of ice being taken off our streets with a... value of A$1.26 billion,” he said. — AFP