CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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The AFP has chargedtwo Chinese nationals and Sydney man over a failed plot to import more than half a tonne of illicit drugs into Australia in 2024, with a further two Chinese nationals charged over the alleged possession of precursor chemicals.
The five men were arrested in Sydney yesterday (15 January, 2025), with three charged over their alleged involvement in the importation of 421kg of MDMA pills, 120kg blocks of an illicit substance suspected to be 'pink cocaine' and 80kg of methamphetamine in a consignment sent from Italy.
The blocksconsisted of a pink powder of MDMA mixed with ketamine which police ...