Another Canadian has been busted at the border in Australia, caught at an airport allegedly trying to smuggle high-value meth into the drug-hungry country. A 38-year-old Canadian man arriving at Sydney international airport on a flight from Vancouver had his luggage searched by Australian Border Force officers, police said. He had a black, hard-shell suitcase, an Under Armour duffle and a plush wrap-around neck rest.
When officers opened the black suitcase, the content was covered by a grey towel. Underneath the towel, were rows of plastic Ziplock bags filled with an off-white substance. There appeared to be laundry dryer sheets intermingled with the bags, likely to try to mask the odour.
Testing confirmed it to be methamphetamine weighing 15 kilograms, Australian Federal Police said. Police say it could have been sold as about 150,000 individual hits on the streets of Australia, where meth remains a high-demand drug. Police did not give an estimated value on the load, but a seizure made in late July of almost the same size (14.
4 kilograms) from a Canadian woman arriving at Brisbane airport was given a street value of about $12 million The man was arrested in Sydney on July 31 — three days after that Canadian woman was busted in Brisbane — but the seizure was not announced until Wednesday, corresponding with a scheduled appearance in court. It is not known if the arrests are related. The man, who was not named by police, is charged with importing a commercial quantity of .