This amount of heroin has an estimated street value over $2 million and could have accounted for about 25,000 individual hits of heroin had it reached the Australian community.
The man, who voluntarily returned to Australia, had allegedly been on the run for five years, after disappearing in May 2018 while on bail ahead of facing court over drug import offences.
Illicit drugs like heroin cause significant harm to the Australian community; they are an impost on our health system and negatively impact every aspect of society."
The amount of methamphetamine had an estimated street value of around $180 million at the time of seizure and would be enough to supply Melbourne with 3.6 million hits.
For a lot of First Nations peoples, health and wellbeing is not just about the individual. It’s interconnected with family, culture, belonging and Country.
“The alleged criminals behind this import in Australian and overseas are now more than $268 million out of pocket and an alleged key member of their syndicate is facing life imprisonment.”
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.
