<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> have seized more than </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/drugs" rel="" target="_blank" title="40kg of methamphetamine"><span>40kg of methamphetamine</span></a><span> hidden in an unlikely object in NSW.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Border Force (ABF) intercepted the drugs on Wednesday while examining a shipping container at Port Botany, in Sydney's south.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>X-ray screening identified anomalies within a 1200kg forklift counterweight.</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/man-shot-at-greenacre-in-serious-condition/173b8be1-7955-4fd9-969a-0cc2618222e6" target="_blank"><strong><span>Former NRL player Matt Utai shot in Sydney drive-by attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Forklift counterweights are usually solid cast iron or steel weights mounted at the back of a forklift to prevent it from tipping.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A forensic examination revealed the counterweight was packed with 46 one-kilo packages of methamphetamine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Australian Federal Police (AFP) seized the concealed drugs.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/methamphetamine-forklift-counterweight-nsw-police-seize-drugs/d7884999-3062-46f1-b779-a756b6194fbe" data-widget-id="AR_5"></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/el-nino-forecast-chances-rise-of-hot-dry-weather-system/5b14e487-185d-431b-b9f0-edb17719fead" target="_blank"><strong><span>Signs Australia could be facing a hot, dry El Niño for 2026</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AFP Detective Superintendent Morgen Blunden said the illicit substances would have caused serious harm had they hit the streets.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Stopping this shipment means stopping millions of dollars in criminal profit and preventing immeasurable harm to Australian families," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The AFP remains steadfast in identifying, targeting and dismantling the criminal networks that attempt to funnel these dangerous substances into our country."</span></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/brendan-breen-missing-fathers-mystery-disappearance-now-considered-suspicious/04c89457-4ee7-4ac3-951e-6f2dd0bfda77" target="_blank"><strong><span>Father's mystery disappearance now considered suspicious</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>ABF Superintendent Jared Leighton echoed Blunden's comments.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This seizure represents a major disruption to organised criminal networks," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AFP inquiries are ongoing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>For free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drug treatment services call the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015. 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