Cocaine, methamphetamine arrived in Australia in Mexican beer shipment

Posted on October 28, 2011 • Filed under: Crime, Drug Activity, Mexico, Police/Military Activity

Federal police say they’ve broken up an international drug syndicate after discovering 55kg of cocaine and methamphetamines in a shipment of beer from Mexico. The drugs, with an estimated wholesale value of up to $14 million, were concealed as liquid in 44 cartons of Cucapa beer in a shipment that arrived at the Port of Melbourne earlier in October. Read Article

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