Three Queensland men have been charged over an alleged plot to import 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine hidden in juice bottles.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police alerted the AFP and replaced the liquid meth with a different substance before the shipment continued to Brisbane on a container ship on September 3.
The investigation began when the Canada Border Services Agency found the drugs on May 24, when the consignment arrived in Vancouver from Brazil.
The consignment was delivered to a semi-rural property in Jimboomba, Logan, and stored in a large shed, police allege.
The AFP claimed 1.2 tonnes of liquid meth would have had an estimated street value of $400 million, and could have been used for four million individual street deals once converted into crystal methamphetamine.
AFP Acting Commander Adrian Telfer said if converted, the drugs equated to an estimated street value of about $400,000 or equivalent to four million individual street deals.
“If converted to crystal meth and sold into the Australian community, this amount of liquid methamphetamine would have led to domestic violence, assaults and contributed to the road toll as well as lined the pockets or organised crime,” he said.
