A British national will face a court after being linked to the attempted importation of 132 litres of liquid methamphetamine hidden in bottles of washing detergent.
The Melbourne man, 28, is expected to face Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with the attempted possession and trafficking of a commercial quantity of methamphetamine.
A joint Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police major drug squad investigation began last month after Border Force officers detected anomalies in a consignment of pallets containing bottles labelled as "ultra concentrate detergent".
Forensic testing on those bottles allegedly established that 21 of the 319 bottles contained liquid methamphetamine.
Police said the drugs had an estimated street value of $30 million.
Detective Superintendent Dave Cowan said the arrest and seizure had prevented immeasurable harm being wreaked on the Victorian community.
"These organised crime syndicates are driven by profit and have no regard for those people who these illicit drugs will potentially have life-changing impacts on," Det Supt Cowan said.
The investigation into the organised crime syndicate responsible for this importation is ongoing.
