Traffickers Using Amazon to Ship Meth to Australia
Methamphetamine has been discovered stashed away in decorative stones awaiting shipment to Australia from Amazon’s San Diego hub.
The decorative stones, normally used for gardens and model railways, was concealed in packaging labelled “ornamental stones,” according to U.S. federal agents.
Amazon and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) found at least five Amazon vendor accounts using the tech company’s international shipping services to traffic meth around the globe, with drug traffickers moving “kilogram quantities of controlled substances,” Forbes reported.
Another parcel containing five kilograms of meth destined for Australia was also discovered by Kentucky Customs and Border Protection on Oct. 28 ordered under a suspicious vendor account….