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December 21st, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
POLICE have unearthed Australia’s bodgie smugglers after criminals lost track of shipments of drugs worth millions of dollars hidden in shipping containers which were inadvertently sold to innocent businesses around the state.
The sophisticated technique of smuggling drugs into the country by hiding them in the frames of the containers was uncovered when they were shipped to other locations before members of the syndicate could remove the hidden drugs.
A shipping container business in Chipping Norton spotted containers that had been tampered with on December 7 and called police.
Drug Squad officers discovered metal canisters filled with pseudoephedrine in four out of seven containers.
Further investigations led to raids yesterday on 16 other containers containing more than 300kg of the drug, with the potential to make about $75 million worth of “ice”.
“Perhaps they became nervous, or abandoned the drugs, or perhaps they lost track of them,” Drug Squad Detective Inspector Steve Patton said.
“I suspect their intention was to retrieve the drugs before the containers spread far and wide. For some reason, they missed that opportunity.”
The containers were brought in from China and were emptied of cargo and then sold as storage containers before the drug syndicate could get access to the drugs.
Insp Patton said it was the first time he had heard of this technique being used to smuggle drugs into the country but the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was now on alert.
“They’ve gone to quite a bit of trouble. It’s a concealment method that hasn’t been seen a lot before and it’s quite difficult to pick up,” he said.
The containers were even being used for storage by Wagga Wagga council, as well as farmers and other businesses. The new owners were surprised to discover what was inside.
“It was purchased by legitimate businesspeople and these people were unaware of what was contained in the frame,” Insp Patton said.
The drugs ended up being seized in 17 different locations – in Sydney suburbs including Alexandria, Badgerys Creek, Cobbity and Kentlyn and in rural areas like Lithgow, Bathurst, Dubbo and Yass.
There were 75 canisters – packaged as Chinese tea – found in each container, with about 15kg of the pharmaceutical form of pseudoephedrine found in each container.
Police said they had some suspects and expected to make arrests but would not reveal who they believed initially purchased the containers.
Police expect to track down at least another 10 containers filled with drugs, with searches continuing this week.
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