Authorities discovered that 1,800 bottles out of the entire 7,700 bottles contained liquid meth. The bust is the most important on document amongst meth instances by way of the quantity and market worth.
Authorities are nonetheless investigating the case, and no arrests have been made.
The stash of medication had been certain for Australia, and had been shipped from Mexico by way of Hong Kong, in keeping with authorities who spoke Saturday at a information convention. In Australia, the market worth of the medicine might attain about HK$8 billion ($1 billion).
The cargo had raised suspicion because it was unusually massive for a coconut water cargo from Mexico.
The meth haul is the second present in shipments from Mexico to Australia in lower than two weeks.
Customized officers earlier this month seized about $5.9 million worth of crystal meth hid in a cargo {of electrical} transformers that had been additionally certain for Australia from Mexico.
