{"id":93932,"date":"2017-03-14T08:54:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=93932"},"modified":"2017-03-14T08:54:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:54:50","slug":"australian-police-seize-300-kg-of-illicit-drugs-at-airports-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/14\/australian-police-seize-300-kg-of-illicit-drugs-at-airports-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian police seize 300 kg. of illicit drugs at airports in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers seized more than 300 kg. of illicit drugs and 430 weapons at the nation’s airports in 2016, Justice Minister Michael Keenan said Tuesday. (Photo: Lukas <\/a>Benc\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CANBERRA\u2014Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers seized more than 300 kg. of illicit drugs and 430 weapons at the nation’s airports in 2016, Justice Minister Michael Keenan said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In a release to the media, Keenan said the haul was the biggest in four years.<\/p>\n

“Sydney and Melbourne, as the country’s busiest airports, accounted for the majority of the drug seizures.”<\/p>\n

“Stimulants, such as ice, amphetamines and ecstasy, continue to be the most commonly seized drugs. Cocaine was the second most common drug seized, followed by sedatives, opiates and cannabis,” he said.<\/p>\n

“For the first time in the past four years, more than a million dollars was seized at our airports in 2016, far exceeding the past four years cash seizures combined.”<\/p>\n

Keenan said it was the AFP’s K9 units that were critical in stopping hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal cash from hitting the street.<\/p>\n

“These statistics show that our multi-pronged approach to securing our borders is working. Keeping illicit drugs and weapons off our streets is one of my highest priorities as the Minister for Justice,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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