AND 17 AVENUE.
U.S. 1 IS SHUT DOWN NOW BOTH
DIRECTIONS WHILE POLICE
INVESTIGATION THE CRASH.
WE'LL BRING YOU MORE
INFORMATION AS WE GET IT.
POLICE IN AUSTRALIA HAVE
MADE A MASSIVE DRUG BUST
SEIZING HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF
CRYSTAL METH HIDDEN IN
SURPRISING OBJECTS.
LET'S JUST SAY THE HOT SAUCE
WAS EXTRA SPICEY.
Reporter: AUSTRIAN POLICE
RAIDED A HOME IN A SUBURB OF
SYDNEY ON THURSDAY.
POLICE.
PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE HEAD FOR
ME.
Reporter: OFFICERS SAY FOUR
MEN ARE IN CUSTODY FOR
SMUGGLING CRYSTAL METH HIDDEN
IN BOTTLES OF HOT SAUCE.
THE DRUG ITSELF WE WILL
ALLEGE WAS CONTAINED IN SARACHA
HOT CHILI SAUCE BOTTLES.
THEY'VE GONE TO CONSIDERABLE
EFFORT TO MAKE THE SAUCE APPEAR
TO BE SAUCE AND WITHIN IT IS
EMBEDDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
Reporter: NEARLY 900 POUNDS
OF CRYSTAL METH HIDDEN IN THE
BOTTLED WERE SHIPPED FROM THE
U.S. TO A FREIGHT DEPOT IN
SYDNEY EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE DRUGS HAVE AN ESTIMATED
STREET VALUE OF $210 MILLION.
POLICE BELIEVE A CRIMINAL
NETWORK IS BEHIND THE RED HOT
BUST AND THEY'RE STILL
INVESTIGATING TO FIND OTHER
PEOPLE LINKED TO THE GROUP.
