Overview
- A 32-year-old woman arriving from South Africa was stopped at Sydney Airport after X-ray anomalies led to searches of two suitcases.
- Officers allegedly found about 20kg of powder in one bag and 19kg in the other, concealed in vacuum-sealed packages.
- Presumptive testing indicated methamphetamine, which the AFP valued at about $36.7 million with the potential for roughly 390,000 street-level deals.
- The woman was charged with importing and possessing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug and faced the Bail Division Court on Monday.
- AFP and ABF officials said the arrest disrupted criminal supply chains, noting recent cases in which seven people were charged and more than 100kg of illicit substances were seized at the border.