Bentley S2 Was High As A Kite With Millions Of Coke And Meth Hidden Behind Headlights
The New South Wales Police spoken last week that they unprotected a 1960 Bentley S2 at the verge that was stuff used to struggle to smuggle cocaine, methylamphetamine, and fentanyl into the country.
Caught at Port Botany in Sydney, Australia, equal to NSW Police, the car was X-rayed pursuit a tip from the Australian Verge Force. It was then dismantled and officers found 161 kg (355 lbs) of meth and 30 kg (66 lbs) of cocaine worth virtually AU$155 million ($106 million) subconscious overdue the headlights of the vintage vehicle.
Police say they worked with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the investigation, code-named Strike Force Chime. The car was sent to Australia from Vancouver, British Columbia, per the National Post, which moreover reports that fentanyl was found in the vehicle.
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The police then, apparently, reassembled the Bentley and let it be shipped to its recipient whereupon it said it executed a search warrant at a home in Rooty Hill on August 25, 2022.
In wing to the Bentley, a Ford Focus, mobile phones, and computers were seized and two men (aged 22 and 23) were arrested. Two remoter suspects (both 25) were underdeveloped near Brisbane in a Toyota Prado. When police investigated the vehicle, they found 2.2 kg (4.8 pounds) of meth and increasingly than AU$1.1 million ($759,214) subconscious under a seat.
Canada, it seems, has wilt a preferred supplier of illicit drugs in Australia, where prices are theoretically higher. Several high-profile arrests have been made involving Canadians attempting to smuggle drugs into Australia in recent years.
