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Australia drug runner crashes meth van into police car
Source: BBC
Australia drug runner crashes meth van into police car
23 July 2019
A suspected drug carrier has been arrested after crashing a van packed with A$200m (£112m; $140m) of methamphetamine into a patrol car parked outside a police station in Sydney, Australia.
The 28-year-old driver hit the police car at speed, crushing its bonnet, on Monday before racing off.
Police caught him an hour later in Eastwood, a suburb in the city's north.
A search of the van uncovered 273kg of meth.
Authorities said no-one was injured in the crash, but the police car had "sustained significant damage".
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23 July 2019
A suspected drug carrier has been arrested after crashing a van packed with A$200m (£112m; $140m) of methamphetamine into a patrol car parked outside a police station in Sydney, Australia.
The 28-year-old driver hit the police car at speed, crushing its bonnet, on Monday before racing off.
Police caught him an hour later in Eastwood, a suburb in the city's north.
A search of the van uncovered 273kg of meth.
Authorities said no-one was injured in the crash, but the police car had "sustained significant damage".
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49079926
The drug van smashed into the parked police car (NSW Police)
Police found moving boxes full of packaged meth inside the van (NSW Police)