Hundreds of thousands of LSD tablets worth millions of dollars have been taken off the streets in one of the largest seizures of the drug in Australia.
Two people have been charged in Victoria following a two-year joint border force investigation, involving US Homeland Security investigators, into the alleged importation of LSD tabs.
Officers allegedly seized a combined worth of $15 million of the drug after executing search warrants on Wednesday at residential homes in Mount Martha and Wollert.
That includes 750,000 LSD tabs, 60 grams of LSD crystal and about $45,000 cash and $50,000 in cryptocurrency.
Police were first alerted to the alleged operation by US authorities who sparked an initial investigation in September 2024.
US authorities identified a person of interest in Victoria, and flagged the case with the Australian Border Force.
Police said about 120 individual postal parcels, containing more than 35,000 tabs of LSD, have been intercepted by investigators addressed to various locations both domestically and internationally.
"Victoria Police, alongside our law enforcement partners, has zero tolerance for those bringing harm to our community by importing and trafficking drugs of any type," Detective Superintendent Dave Cowan said.
"We will continue to target these syndicates in any and every way possible."
A 35-year-old Mount Martha man has been charged with several offences including exporting a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs and trafficking a large commercial quantity drug of dependence.
He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on February 24.
A 44-year-old woman from Mount Martha has been charged with trafficking a large commercial quantity drug of dependence, among other offences.
She will appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Police said the investigation is continuing.
