Two customs agents have been charged in connection with Australia's largest ever onshore seizure of the drug "ice", a bust worth a record US$840 million, police said Thursday.

Australian Border Force agents in April found 1.6 tonnes of methylamphetamine and 37 kilograms&nbsp;of heroin in vacuum-sealed packages hidden inside stereo speakers shipped from Thailand to Melbourne.

Police arrested two men and a woman in their late thirties on Wednesday following raids in suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city.

"Two of the three were customs agents. They are trusted insiders within the industry," Australian Federal Police deputy commissioner Neil Gaughan said.

He added they were not government employees but private contractors.

"They used their position of trust to circumvent the border controls that exist within Australia," he was quoted as saying by national broadcaster ABC.

Police said they were cooperating with authorities in Thailand where an investigation was ongoing.

Two customs agents have been charged in connection with Australia's largest ever onshore seizure of the drug "ice", a bust worth a record US$840 million, police said Thursday.

Two customs agents have been charged in connection with Australia's largest ever onshore seizure of the drug "ice", a bust worth a record US$840 million, police said Thursday. Australian Border Force agents in April found 1.6 tonnes of methylamphetamine and 37 kilograms of heroin in vacuum-sealed packages hidden inside stereo speakers shipped from Thailand to Melbourne. Police arrested two men and a woman in their late thirties on Wednesday following raids in suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. "Two of the three were customs agents. They are trusted insiders within the industry," Australian Federal Police deputy commissioner Neil Gaughan said. He added they were not government employees but private contractors. "They used their position of trust to circumvent the border controls that exist within Australia," he was quoted as saying by national broadcaster ABC. Police said they were cooperating with authorities in Thailand where an investigation was ongoing.

Customs agents charged over record Australian drug bust

The US Coast Guard says a cutter (fast patrol boat) intercepted a submarine suspected of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean. The incident happened in June and the video of the drug bust was released recently.

The video shows Coast Guard officers boarding the submarine and ordering those inside to open the hatch.

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The seizure by the US Coast Guard Cutter Munro was one of a number that occurred recently in the Pacific Ocean.

The crew of the Munro offloaded more than 39,000 pounds of cocaine and 933 pounds of marijuana worth a combined estimated 569 million US dollars, which was seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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The drugs represent 14 separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions and disruptions off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America by three Coast Guard cutters between May and July 2019.

The US Coast Guard says a cutter (fast patrol boat) intercepted a submarine suspected of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean. The incident happened in June and the video of the drug bust was released recently.

The US Coast Guard says a cutter (fast patrol boat) intercepted a submarine suspected of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean. The incident happened in June and the video of the drug bust was released recently. The video shows Coast Guard officers boarding the submarine and ordering those inside to open the hatch. Watch the video: The seizure by the US Coast Guard Cutter Munro was one of a number that occurred recently in the Pacific Ocean. The crew of the Munro offloaded more than 39,000 pounds of cocaine and 933 pounds of marijuana worth a combined estimated 569 million US dollars, which was seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Do you believe this kind of bravery? Amazing drug seizure. WATCH! https://t.co/M1KKBFic4A — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2019 × The drugs represent 14 separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions and disruptions off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America by three Coast Guard cutters between May and July 2019.

US Coast Guard officer jumps onto moving submarine suspected of carrying drugs

The US Coast Guard says a cutter interdicted a submarine suspected of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean in June. A video shows Coast Guard officers boarding the submarine and ordering those insides to open the hatch. The seizure by the US Coast Guard Cutter Munro was one of a number that occurred recently in the Pacific Ocean.

US Coast Guard seizes alleged drug sub in Pacific

Myanmar has seized 30 million meth pills along with more than two tonnes of &quot;ice&quot; and heroin in a record bust, the government said Thursday, as drugs pour from labs in lawless border regions.

The operation in a remote part of northern Myanmar came after the Tuesday arrests of four suspected traffickers who led police to a house in Shan State&#39;s Kutkai township where the haul was discovered, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.

&quot;It&#39;s the biggest drug seizure with the largest amount (by value and quantity) in (our) history,&quot; a senior police officer from the anti-drug department said on the condition of anonymity as the investigation was ongoing.

In addition to the meth tablets, the authorities found 502 kilograms (1,104 pounds) of heroin and 1,750 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, bringing the total estimated value to $54 million, or one-fifth of the amount of narcotics seized in the country in all of 2017.

A picture of the packages of drugs stacked high on a table was published by the ministry.

Myanmar is the second largest opium producer in the world after Afghanistan, but levels of poppy cultivation have declined as demand for methamphetamine surges, leading to numerous multi-million dollar busts.

Its lawless border areas are the hub for Asia&#39;s meth producers, who pump out &quot;ya ba&quot; meth pills and ice, the more addictive crystallised version, across Southeast Asia.

Drug trafficking has been increasing around the country, especially in war-torn northern Shan State as many ethnic armed groups use it to buy weapons.

Trafficking routes have also reached into more well-known conflict areas in the west of the country where an army crackdown on Muslim Rohingya insurgents has caused more than 655,000 people from the stateless minority to flee to Bangladesh since August.

Myanmar police seized more than $5 million worth of methamphetamine pills in the northern part of Rakhine state in October, two months after the army poured into the area for a new counteroffensive against Rohingya militants that has been described as ethnic cleansing.

Drug trafficking has been increasing around the country, especially in war-torn northern Shan State

Myanmar has seized 30 million meth pills along with more than two tonnes of "ice" and heroin in a record bust, the government said Thursday, as drugs pour from labs in lawless border regions. The operation in a remote part of northern Myanmar came after the Tuesday arrests of four suspected traffickers who led police to a house in Shan State's Kutkai township where the haul was discovered, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement. "It's the biggest drug seizure with the largest amount (by value and quantity) in (our) history," a senior police officer from the anti-drug department said on the condition of anonymity as the investigation was ongoing. In addition to the meth tablets, the authorities found 502 kilograms (1,104 pounds) of heroin and 1,750 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, bringing the total estimated value to $54 million, or one-fifth of the amount of narcotics seized in the country in all of 2017. A picture of the packages of drugs stacked high on a table was published by the ministry. Myanmar is the second largest opium producer in the world after Afghanistan, but levels of poppy cultivation have declined as demand for methamphetamine surges, leading to numerous multi-million dollar busts. Its lawless border areas are the hub for Asia's meth producers, who pump out "ya ba" meth pills and ice, the more addictive crystallised version, across Southeast Asia. Drug trafficking has been increasing around the country, especially in war-torn northern Shan State as many ethnic armed groups use it to buy weapons. Trafficking routes have also reached into more well-known conflict areas in the west of the country where an army crackdown on Muslim Rohingya insurgents has caused more than 655,000 people from the stateless minority to flee to Bangladesh since August. Myanmar police seized more than $5 million worth of methamphetamine pills in the northern part of Rakhine state in October, two months after the army poured into the area for a new counteroffensive against Rohingya militants that has been described as ethnic cleansing.

Myanmar makes record drug bust with 30 million meth pills

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