{"id":664404,"date":"2019-07-25T15:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:40:14","guid":{"rendered":" <br><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/automobile-automotive-car-8413.jpg\" \/><br><div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".8quwfgasu0.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><p>Sydney - A clumsy driver led p"},"modified":"2019-07-25T15:40:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:40:14","slug":"how-bad-driving-led-to-a-r1-9bn-drug-bust-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/25\/how-bad-driving-led-to-a-r1-9bn-drug-bust-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"How bad driving led to a R1.9bn drug bust in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/automobile-automotive-car-8413.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".8quwfgasu0.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Sydney &#8211; A clumsy driver led police to a A$200 million (R1.9 billion) drug bust in Australia after he crashed a van laden with 270 kg of methamphetamines into a patrol car parked outside a police station in suburban Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The man, 28, slammed the drug-filled van into the empty police patrol car at Eastwood in the city&#8217;s north on Monday, crushing its bonnet, before speeding off, CCTV footage shows. He was caught by police an hour later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A search of the vehicle turned up 273kg of ice, said police, who released footage of the drugs neatly packed in cardboard boxes, taped up and loaded into the back of the van. Police said in a statement the drugs had a street value of A$200 million.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was arrested and charged with drug supply and negligent driving and appeared in court on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".8quwfgasu0.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".8quwfgasu0.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".8quwfgasu0.1.v\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney &#8211; A clumsy driver led police to a A$200 million (R1.9 billion) drug bust in Australia after he crashed a van laden with 270 kg of methamphetamines into a patrol car parked outside a police station in suburban Sydney. 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