Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested four men and seized nearly 15 kilograms of methamphetamines, mostly hidden inside a shipment of horse statues in Melbourne.

Border Force officers intercepted a consignment destined for Broadmeadows, in Melbourne's north-west, in November.

After a three-month investigation, AFP officers arrested a 30-year-old Sierra Leone man in Truganina, in Melbourne's west, who police allege was the organiser of the drug ring.

They also arrested two Liberian nationals, aged 28 and 26, and a 21-year-old Australian, all from Melbourne's western suburbs.

All four men have been charged with importing a commercial quantity of drugs.

AFP Superintendent Matt Warren said the arrests had shut down a sophisticated drug syndicate.

"We will allege this group of men attempted to use scatter methods to import drugs into Victoria," he said.

"These arrests are particularly significant given we have managed to charge the alleged organiser of this syndicate, which will stop countless more attempts to import this horrendous drug."

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