Incredible (VIDEO): Australia’s Biggest Drug Bust Worth A Billion Dollar Liquid Meth In Bras

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Federal police have carried out the largest drugs bust of liquid amphetamine in Australian history. Over one billion dollars worth of “ice” — as it’s known — was found hidden inside gel bra inserts and art supplies in a number of locations across Sydney. Four Chinese nationals, three of whom hail from Hong Kong, were charged on suspicion of involvement in a drug syndicate. Australian Federal Police said: “The joint organised crime group operation began in December last year when the Australian Border Force examined a shipping container out of Hong Kong. That shipping container was found to contain gel bra inserts, and hidden inside those gel bra inserts was 190 litres of liquid methamphetamine.” Four people charged over one of biggest drug busts in Australia’s history. $1 billion of ice was netted. #9News pic.twitter.com/3if23w4Otq— Nine News Brisbane (@9NewsBrisbane) February 15, 2016 The ring allegedly imported 720 litres of meth into the state of New South Wales. Last year, Australian authorities set up a national task force to tackle a crystal methamphetamine “epidemic” after finding around 2.1 percent of the population had sampled the drug in some form in 2014. Australian police have seized $1 billion Australian dollars' worth of the drug "ice" from a shipment of silicon bra inserts and art supplies, the country's federal police said, worth approximately US$700 million. According to authorities, the bust is one of the biggest in Australia's history, and the largest seizure of liquid methylamphetamine ever. "This has resulted in 3.6 million individual hits of ice being taken off our streets," said Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan. A shipment of silicon bra implants, concealing the drug 'ice'. A shipment of silicon bra implants, concealing the drug 'ice'. Four people have been charged over the haul, which included 720 liters of the drug, the Australian Federal Police said Monday. Australian customs first discovered around 190 liters hidden inside thousands of stick on gel bras in a shipment from Hong Kong in December of last year. Delivery of the shipment was tracked to a storage facility where a Hong Kong national was arrested. ADVERTISING An additional 530 liters of the drug were then found concealed in art supplies stashed in storage units in Sydney. Authorities have since arrested one Chinese national and two further Hong Kong nationals in relation to the importation and manufacture of the drug. 'Organized offshore criminal gangs' "This is a result of organized criminals targeting the lucrative Australian ice market from offshore," said Keenan. Officers stand by a display of confiscated drugs in Sydney. Officers stand by a display of confiscated drugs in Sydney. "Whilst Australians continue to have such an appetite for this mind destroying drug, organized criminal gangs will continue to target the Australian market." He added that as well as local agencies, the operation had been informed by the Chinese Narcotic Control Commission, as part of a task force set up specifically to try and combat the international ice smuggling market. "It's well-known that China is a very significant source country for methylamphetamine, not just here in Australia but around the world," said Australian Federal Police (AFP) State Manager NSW Commander Chris Sheehan. He added that working with Chinese authorities meant the AFP could start looking for the source of the smuggling networks outside its borders. Australian police make arrests in relation to the transpotation and manufacture of large quanities of 'ice'. Australian police make arrests in relation to the transpotation and manufacture of large quanities of 'ice'. "It gives us the capability to not just target members of syndicates that come to Australia, but go to the point of origin." he said. Justice Minister Keenan added that all charges could result in life imprisonment. "This is a devastating blow for the organized criminal gangs that peddle in ice and it shows you that if you do target the Australian market, we have the powers and the resources to prosecute you." Australia has a growing problem with 'ice', which, according to experts, can cause psychosis and long term psychological issues. The drug has also been linked to violent assaults, robberies and road deaths. It appears to be increasingly available in areas where drugs have not previously been prevalent; specifically in regional and remote communities. Australian Crime Commission NSW State Manager Warren Gray said that joint operations such as this one have a pivotal role to play in the fight against methylamphetamine. "Methylamphetamine poses -- by far -- the greatest threat to the Australian public of all illicit drug types, and by a significant margin," he said.