Police in Australia have charged a 35-year-old Malaysian man over an attempt to import more than half a tonne of illegal drugs into the country.
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The Malaysian national was arrested in Coffs Harbour, some 500km (310 miles) north of Sydney, on Monday, the Australian Federal Police said on Tuesday.
He is accused of being part of a plot to import 120kg (265lbs) of an illicit substance suspected to be “pink cocaine”, 421kg (928lbs) of MDMA pills and 80kg (176lbs) of methamphetamine in a shipment sent from Italy.
The MDMA pills had an estimated street value of about A$26 million (US$16.3 million), while the methamphetamine had an estimated street value close to A$74 million, the Australian Federal Police said.
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Officers said that the Australian market for the drug cocktail known as pink cocaine, or Tusi, was “not well established”, but they estimated that it could be worth up to A$16.8 million.
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