<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An investigation is under way after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers seized more than 900kg of amphetamines from a container arriving at Port Botany.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>ABF officers used existing intelligence profiles and targeted a container arriving from overseas in one of the largest seizures of the drug in NSW history.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The total value of the amphetamines, also known as "speed", had an estimated street value of more than $64 million.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/fatal-stabbing-at-sydney-bus-station/89f88552-981c-4292-af68-dcece574f56f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Teenager stabbed to death at Sydney bus terminal in 'callous, vicious' attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The container, declared as "vegetable spring roll and more", held 600 rolls of plastic film, estimated to contain 1.5kg of amphetamines each.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The matter has been handed to the Australian Federal Police, which conducted search warrants at a North Shore home and a warehouse in Western Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Further investigations found that the drugs were added to a legitimate importation without the business's knowledge.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/abf-seize-64m-worth-of-amphetamines/ddc7c67f-1458-46a5-a183-96565e564661" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/porepunkah-victoria-police-shooting-live-updates-latest-news-headlines-august-28/f7468db3-e8b6-45b9-92b0-16de670d2c26" target="_blank"><strong><span>Hunt for accused cop killer enters third day</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police deemed it to be the result of a transnational organised crime group attempting to import the drugs by piggybacking on the shipment of a legitimate Australian business.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AFP Detective Superintendent Morgen Blunden said investigators identified multiple incidents of illicit drugs being concealed under the guise of imports by a range of legitimate companies. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The AFP is attending Port Botany on a regular basis and has seized multiple shipments containing a range of drugs," Blunden said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>
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