November 1, 2010 10:06 AM

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Mother and son held in Australia's fifth-largest drug seizure

The Australian Federal Police say they have made the fifth largest heroin seizure in Australian history. Three people were arrested in Campsie in Sydney's west on Saturday for allegedly attempting to import 168 kilograms of heroin. The operation began almost two weeks ago when customs officers in Sydney discovered packages of heroin hidden inside a number of wooden doors shipped from Malaysia. The Australian Federal Police then allowed the doors to be delivered to a warehouse in the city's west. They allege a 55-year-old woman and her 28-year-old son, along with a 33-year-old Hong Kong national removed the heroin from the doors and took them to a house nearby. All three were arrested the next evening. The woman will face Sydney's Central Local court on Monday morning. The value of the heroin is believed to be about $58.8 million but Commander David Stewart says, depending on its purity, its street value could be much higher.

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