Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers use a dog to inspect equipment
Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers use a dog to inspect equipment belonging to members of the media during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in the northern Australian city of Cairns September 20, 2014. As the Group of 20 leading economies meet to change no less than the "destiny" of the global economy, members remain divided on how to get there with Germany pushing back at U.S. calls for more government stimulus. Opening the meeting of finance ministers and central bankers, Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey outlined an ambitious agenda of boosting world growth, fireproofing the global banking system and closing tax loopholes for giant multi-nationals. Reuters/Lincoln Feast

Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force have jointly exposed a drug import racket on Tuesday. Eighty litres of an analog of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, has been seized. A man from Sydney has been arrested on charges of drug importation.

The mission started when a consignment branded as shampoo was selected for inspection by ABF officials. The batch of products included several plastic bottles containing three litres of liquid. The investigation indicated presence of pre-cursor to MDMA within the liquid. Further examination of the liquid indicated the presence of drug analog of MDMA having an approximate weight of 80 kilograms.

AFP officials went to a residence in Strathfield and arrested a 49-year-old man on Tuesday. The man was charged with several allegations, including importing a commercial quantity of drug controlled by a border, attempting to keep a commercial quantity of MDMA, and possessing a controlled precursor.

AFP Manager Crime Operations Commander Paul Osborne said that the ability of law enforcement partnerships in Australia can be proved through this exposure and arrest. The commander said that the illegal import of drugs like MDMA is posing great threat to the lives of Australians. “The AFP and its partners will not rest when it comes to disrupting the importation and supply of substances such as this,” he said.

NSW ABF Regional Commander Tim Fitzgerald said that the force is always alarmed to the illegal import of drugs like MDMA. “Our intelligence and targeting allows us to identify these substances at the border and refer them to the appropriate authorities,” he said.

The man was presented in the Sydney Central Local court on Wednesday. The maximum execution in such offences is life imprisonment.

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