Canadian busted in Australia with 15 kilos of Crystal meth

The National Post is reporting that "Another Canadian has been busted at the border in Australia, caught at an airport allegedly trying to smuggle high-value meth into the drug-hungry country. A 38-year-old Canadian man arriving at Sydney international airport on a flight from Vancouver had his luggage searched by Australian Border Force officers, police said. He had a black, hard-shell suitcase, an Under Armour duffle and a plush wrap-around neck rest."

"When officers opened the black suitcase, the content was covered by a grey towel. Underneath the towel, were rows of plastic Ziploc bags filled with an off-white substance. There appeared to be laundry dryer sheets intermingled with the bags, likely to try to mask the odour. Testing confirmed it to be methamphetamine weighing 15 kilograms, Australian Federal Police said."

"The man was arrested in Sydney on July 31 — three days after that Canadian woman was busted in Brisbane — but the seizure was not announced until Wednesday, corresponding with a scheduled appearance in court. It is not known if the arrests are related."

"ABF Superintendent Elke West called the barely hidden effort to smuggle the drugs over 12,500 kilometres and across two borders a brazen attempt and hinted there could have been a Canadian tip-off to help focus their search. ABF officers will continue to act on shared agency intelligence, passenger behaviour, and officer intuition to intercept attempted drug importations and disrupt these network’s supply chains.”