Seizures of methamphetamine skyrocketed last year to nearly 18-hundred-kilograms
Seizures of methamphetamine skyrocketed last year to nearly 18-hundred-kilograms
8 January 2020
This is the first time Police and Customs seized have seized more than a tonne of the drug in a year - with the previous record year being 2016, when 941-kilograms was seized.
To put that in perspective, three-kilograms was seized in 2003 when methamphetamine was reclassified as Class-A following a spate of high-profile crimes linked to the drug.
Customs investigations manager Bruce Berry doesn't believe the increase of meth supply is driven by an equal rise in demand.
He says organised crime groups are stockpiling and it's all about the money.
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