'The audacity of the group behind this is just… outrageous. I'd describe it as a total act of bastardry,' says an Australian Border Force Commander.
Australian police have pinpointed Vancouver as the source of 11 kilograms of pure powdered fentanyl and 30 kilograms of methamphetamine in the country’s largest drug-shipment seizure.
“This is a massive amount of fentanyl ... which undoubtedly saved many, many lives,” Watson said. “The audacity of the group behind this is just… outrageous. I’d describe it as a total act of bastardry.” Australian authorities have only ever detected illicit fentanyl importations in minor amounts — all less than 30 grams — with the first case in 2017.
“Drug extraction can always pose a risk... we had multiple ambulances on standby. Even in this highly controlled environment, there was a risk to our members' safety,” said AFP acting Commander Anthony Hall. As the world becomes more interconnected, organized crime groups continue to expand internationally, seeking more direct access to lucrative foreign and criminal markets, the police said.
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