{"id":481524,"date":"2026-06-17T07:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481524\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:27:13","slug":"more-than-224m-of-meth-painted-on-container-walls-seized-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481524\/","title":{"rendered":"More than $224m of meth painted on container walls seized in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

A father and son have appeared in court after $224.25 million worth of methamphetamine was painted into the walls of a container in Sydney.<\/p>\n

An investigation was launched earlier this month after Australian Border Force officers intercepted a targeted consignment from Mexico. After Border Force detector dogs indicated narcotics, the matter was referred to the Australian Federal Police.<\/p>\n

Police said investigators took apart the container and identified “a layer of methamphetamine infused within the internal paintwork of the container”.<\/p>\n

In total, more than 200kg of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of AU$185 million (NZ$224.25 million) was embedded in the walls, police said.<\/p>\n

\"More<\/p>\n

More than $220 million worth of methamphetamine painted into the walls of a container sent to Sydney. (Source: Australian Federal Police \/ Australian Border Force) (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

On Monday, police carried out a search of a property in Sydney’s Box Hill, believed to be occupied by the intended recipients of the shipment. <\/p>\n

“Police located and seized electronic devices and other industrial equipment which was to allegedly be used in the extraction of methamphetamine.”<\/p>\n

Three Mexican nationals, including a father and son, and a 25-year-old woman were arrested.<\/p>\n

The men, aged 25 and 49, appeared in court on Tuesday charged with one count of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border controlled drug.<\/p>\n

The offence carried a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. <\/p>\n

The woman was released pending further inquiries.<\/p>\n

\"Flakes<\/p>\n

Flakes of methamphetamine that had been infused into the wall of a container. (Source: Australian Federal Police \/ Australian Border Force) <\/p>\n

Australian Federal Police Detective Acting Superintendent Trevor Robinson praised the investigators for their work on identifying criminal networks.<\/p>\n

“Criminal syndicates like to think they have outsmarted law enforcement by impregnating drugs in unique ways, but this seizure highlights that isn\u2019t the case,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This investigation has prevented millions of dollars of drug profit flowing back into the syndicate to fund their next criminal venture.”<\/p>\n

Australian Border Force Superintendent Jared Leighton said the concealment method demonstrated the lengths organised syndicates go to avoid the law.<\/p>\n

“Detailed examination of cargo is critical to protecting the border, and our officers are highly skilled in identifying anomalies in even the most elaborate concealments,” Leighton said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father and son have appeared in court after $224.25 million worth of methamphetamine was painted into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[85,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-481524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}