Australia seizes drugs in Hong Kong furniture

AUSTRALIA: Australian police said Friday they had charged three men, one from China, after finding more than 70 kilograms (154 pounds) of the drug “ice” worth millions of dollars hidden in furniture from Hong Kong.

Authorities said they inspected a shipping container, listed on its paperwork as holding outdoor furniture, after it arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong, based on intelligence. “X-rays and a physical unpack of the container located around 70 one kilogram packages secreted inside the framework of five lounges,” Australian Federal Police said in a statement.

AFP