Six men charged attempt to traffic $1.7 billion worth of Methamphetamine
Two men have been charged with attempting to import methamphetamine from a global criminal syndicate that has attempted to traffic almost $1.7 billion worth of the high-harm drug to Australia over several months.
A further four men, who allegedly tried to buy the illicit drugs in Australia, have also been charged.
The AFP and Victoria Police Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF), working with Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group partners, has prevented more than six tonnes of liquid crystal methamphetamine from arriving in Australia in four separate ventures.
The methamphetamine, solely for the Australian market and destined for Victoria and NSW, would have amounted to almost 19 million individual street deals.
Today, the AFP’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Alison Money, will take the unprecedented step of addressing the media to explain the dangers of consuming methamphetamine.
AFP Southern Assistant Commissioner Hilda Sirec will outline the national security threat posed by transnational serious organised crime groups trafficking high-harm illicit drugs Australia.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill will explain how methamphetamine is significantly harming the Victorian community, whether it be through lives lost on our roads or violence on our streets and in our homes.
Under Operation Parkes, the AFP and Victoria Police executed eight search warrants across Melbourne’s CBD and western suburbs yesterday (14 June, 2023). The five-month investigation was also supported by Australian Border Force (ABF), the Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).
A man, 38, from Melbourne’s CBD, who recently returned from overseas, will appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday 15 June, 2023), charged with attempting to import a commercial quantity of border controlled drugs and attempting to possess a commercial quantity of unlawfully imported border controlled
