If you want to fly under the radar on the road, choosing a white 2000s Toyota Corolla sedan seems a logical choice. It didn’t help this alleged drug runner, however.
Organised Crime Squad detectives in New South Wales have charged a man who allegedly attempted to travel from Sydney to Melbourne with 35kg of drugs stashed in his Corolla.
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At 9:40am on Tuesday, December 3, officers attached to Riverina Police District Traffic and Highway Patrol Command stopped the Corolla travelling south on the Hume Highway near Gundagai.
A search of the vehicle yielded 25kg of methylamphetamine and 10kg of cocaine bricks all secreted in the doors.
For those who don’t know the street value of that much meth and coke, the answer according to the NSW Police Force is approximately $18 million.
Photo courtesy of NSW Police Force
For those who do know the value, could you explain to us why a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin is taped to one of the packages?
The 26-year-old male driver was arrested and taken to Gundagai police station, and was charged with two counts of supplying a prohibited drug in a large commercial quantity and possessing a dedicated encrypted criminal communication device (DECCD) to commit serious criminal activity.
He was refused bail.
