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Sydney: Australian police have seized 558 kilograms (1,230 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine and heroin with a street value of up to 500 million Australian dollars ($525 million) smuggled into the country in a shipment of terracotta pots. [caption id=“attachment_397708” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Australian police. Getty Images[/caption] Australian Federal Police say four Hong Kong nationals and three Australians were arrested in Sydney on Monday. Each faces a potential life sentence if convicted on drug charges. Police said on Tuesday that the 306 kilograms (675 pounds) of crystal meth — or ice — is the largest seizure of the drug in Australia. The 252 kilograms (556 pounds) of heroin is the third-largest haul of its kind. The US Drug Enforcement Administration alerted Australian authorities to the plot last August. Police will not say where the drugs came from. AP
Australian police have seized 558 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and heroin with a street value of up to 500 million Australian dollars smuggled into the country in a shipment of terracotta pots.
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