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2 men charged over USD 68 million drug haul in Sydney

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AP Sydney
Last Updated : Sep 15 2014 | 3:20 PM IST
Two Canadian-Vietnamese dual citizens have been charged with smuggling heroin and methamphetamine worth USD 68 million hidden in a consignment of frozen fish fillets shipped from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney.
A law enforcement statement said on today the men, aged 57 and 55, appeared in a Sydney court on Friday last week on multiple charges related to the shipment of 88 kilograms of heroin and 21 kilograms of methamphetamine. They face life in prison if convicted.
Officials found that ice packs hidden beneath the fish intercepted on the Sydney waterfront law week were filled with liquid forms of the illicit drugs.
The drugs were replaced with harmless substances before the men took delivery and were arrested in western Sydney.

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First Published: Sep 15 2014 | 3:20 PM IST

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