Australian charged following $30 MILLION drug bust

[JohnDoe2]

Australian charged following $30 million drug bust

By The Associated Press
7:04 p.m., Nov. 28, 2011

SYDNEY — Australian police have arrested a Sydney man after finding 30 million Australian dollars ($30 million) worth of drugs in a shipment of raisins from Afghanistan.

Australian Federal Police said Tuesday they have charged the man with importing a commercial quantity of drugs. Officials did not release the man's name.

Police say they seized 476 pounds (216 kilograms) of heroin and pseudoephedrine hidden in boxes of raisins shipped from Afghanistan earlier this month. Pseudoephedrine is used to make methamphetamine.

The man charged in connection with the drug bust is expected to appear in court later Tuesday. He faces up to life in prison and a AU$825,000 fine if convicted.

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[Newmexican]

The poppy fields in Afganistan could have been destroyed 10 years ago but for some reason they weren't. I remember a segment with Jerry Rivers on FOX that was all about our troops guarding the Afgan bumper crop of poppies last year.