Sydney businessman among three arrested after $76m in meth found 'stuffed into pallets'

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Sydney businessman among three arrested after $76m in meth found 'stuffed into pallets'
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The Hornsby fruit and veg shop owner was the alleged contact for a major drug syndicate. 9News

north shore is among three people charged after $76 million worth of methamphetamine was allegedly found crammed into plastic pallets shipped into Australia by a crime gang based in Mexico.

Officials say 375kg of methamphetamine from five consignments seized by the AFP and its partners in Sydney and Los Angeles between April 2022 and February 2023, were sent from Los Angeles by the syndicate.A 40-year-old man who runs a fruit and vegetable business on Sydney's north shore is among three people charged after $76 million worth of meth was allegedly found crammed into plastic pallets shipped into Australia by a crime gang based in Mexico.

The men were arrested at a unit in Marsden Park - where the drugs were allegedly found - and another in Newtown. All were charged with one count each of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug.

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