Australian border officials seized a shipment of sriracha sauce from the U.S. that had more than $200 million worth of meth hidden inside, authorities said.
Police seized more than $200 million worth of meth after it was shipped to Australia from the U.S. hidden inside bottles of sriracha sauce.
Authorities found the shipment contained 768 bottles of sriracha sauce and testing indicated that the bottles contained methylamphetamine, a drug known colloquially in Australia as"ice." More than $200 million worth of crystal meth was shipped to Australia from the U.S. hidden inside bottles of sriracha sauce.Investigators with NSW Police's Strike Force Diffey seized the shipment and carried out a controlled delivery with help from Australian Federal Police and the ABF. Four men have since been charged over the importation of the drugs.The following day, two men, aged 30 and 34, were arrested in the parking lot of a hotel in Sydney's central business district.
The three men were all charged with attempt to possess a commercial quality of an unlawful import—a border-controlled drug and a large commercial drug supply.
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