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November 29th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
AAP
Australian authorities have seized more than 200 kilograms of drugs hidden in boxes of raisins in a shipment from Afghanistan.
The 216 kilogram haul – worth about $30 million – included 97.7 kg of heroin and 118.4 kg of pseudoephedrine stashed in the lining of 3105 cartons of red raisins shipped via Iran.
The 40-foot shipping container was seized by federal police and customs officers at Sydney’s Port Botany on November 7, after an X-ray examination revealed “inconsistencies in some of the cartons”.
Police charged a 34-year-old man from Peakhurst in Sydney’s southwest on Tuesday with importing a commercial quantity of drugs after raids across western Sydney.
He was due to face court in Sydney later on Tuesday, police said.
Australian Federal Police serious and organised crime manager David Sharpe said it was the biggest drug seizure this year.
“It’s certainly taken 216 kilos of illicit drugs off the streets, which in our view is significant,” he told reporters in Sydney.
“It’s in excess of $30 million wholesale value.”
He said the big haul showed drug importers had abandoned their recent “scattergun” approach to heroin smuggling in favour of larger importations.
“The imports have been of a smaller size, so for us this is significant because … it’s a larger seizure rather than the smaller scatter gun approach that’s occurred over the last few years,” he added.
Customs said the investigation had been like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.
“Our intel guys started looking at all the information and data but there was no previous intelligence on the particular syndicate,” national manager of air cargo and detained goods, Catherine Asbridge, said.
“It was just pulling the threads together to paint a picture.”
The agency said the seizure showed it had the technology to detect even the most sophisticated drug imports.
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