Authorities have intercepted 336kg of heroin in a shipment sent from Malaysia to Brisbane — the largest seizure of the drug ever detected in Queensland and the second-largest on record for the entire country.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) said in a statement that the drugs seized had an estimated street value of $268.8 million and represent more than a third of Australia’s annual heroin consumption.
"ABF officers detected the illicit drugs inside two concrete blocks, each weighing about 500kg, that were marked as solar panel accessories inside a sea freight container addressed to an industrial lot in Brendale, north of Brisbane," the statement read.
