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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on July 30, 2019, 04:10:02 pm
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Australian border officers find $1M worth of crystal meth in snow globes
By Nicole Darrah | Fox News
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Australian authorities discovered more than $1 million worth of liquid crystal meth that was transported in from Canada — via snow globes.
The 15 snow globes were targeted for inspection in Sydney, where Australian Border Force (ABF) officers X-rayed and examineded the package, and determined that liquid inside the traditional holiday decoration as "a positive result for methamphetamine."
The "sinister souvenirs," as ABF recently described them in a news release, were bubble-wrapped and placed in a box. The snow globes shown by officials appeared to showcase animals — including a llama next to a cactus, and a sloth hanging from a tree.
Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/australian-snow-globes-crystal-meth (https://www.foxnews.com/world/australian-snow-globes-crystal-meth)