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Published: 5:54 pm May 8, 2023
Updated: 10:30 am October 8, 2025
A Mexican National Has Been Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison For His Role In An Elaborate Attempt To Smuggle Over 600kg Of Methamphetamine Into Australia, Concealed In Rotting, Raw Cowhides
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The seizure of 668kg of crystal methamphetamine was the largest onshore seizure of methamphetamine originating from Mexico at the time.

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In 2019, Australian authorities seized the drugs hidden inside raw animal skins, stopping more than 6,668,000 individual street deals. The seizure was the result of a joint operation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Border Force (ABF), which began on 10 August 2019, after a shipping container arrived into Melbourne from Mexico, declared as containing “Salty Bovine Skin Cuero Verde Salado De Bovino”.

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