US woman allegedly caught at Sydney Airport with 17kg of meth in her bag

An American woman has been accused after allegedly importing 17 kg of methamphetamine to Australia.

The 50 -year -old woman approached Sydney’s staff when she lost her luggage when she arrived in San Francisco yesterday.

At the same time, a suitcase marked with his last name was located in the area of ​​luggage claims and the Australian border force referred to Australia.

Officers allegedly found vacuum sealed bags full of white crystalline substance, hidden inside packaging cubes.

The initial tests supposedly returned a positive result for methamphetamine, and the total weight of the packages reached 17 kg.

The United States National was arrested and accused of importing a commercial amount of a border controlled medication.

“ABF officers work in close collaboration not only with our law -application partners, but also of the airline crew and other airport staff, to identify and intercept potential threats,” said the Superintendent of ABF, Elle West.

“This is a timely reminder for passengers entering Australia, the Australian border force and our partners are always looking for a suspicious behavior of passengers, if you try to import illegal drugs in this country, they stop it dry.”