Australians find drugs worth $246M in steamroller

November 20, 2012 @ 8:56 pm


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SYDNEY (AP) - Australian police seized 237 million Australian dollars ($246 million) worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found inside a steamroller shipped from China.

Australian Federal Police said Wednesday that they arrested a Canadian man and a U.S. man in Sydney after finding 350 kilograms (770 pounds) of cocaine and meth. The men were charged with importing drugs and face a maximum of life in prison if convicted.

It was the police agency's second major drug bust in a week. On Friday, police said officials had tracked down a boat carrying 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of cocaine to Australia after it ran aground in the small island nation of Tonga. A corpse was found on board. Officials are trying to determine the cause of death.


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  • longwayhome wrote...
    Steamroller?
    November 20, 2012 8:29 pm
    Who wrote this article? What I saw in the picture was a compactor. I think the last steamroller was made in the early part of the last century. Must have been a faux news story, they are from that long lost era.
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