A task force which includes the combined resources of the Australian Crime Commission (ACC), Australian Federal Police, Customs and Border Protection, State and Territory police has seized crystal meth with a street value of close to $1 billion in less than two years - and yet it's barely put a dent in the 'ice pandemic' At least 25 organised crime gangs have been broken up, three major commercial drug laboratories shut down and members of a Mexican cartel were recently arrested. But new figures revealed by the ACC to Daily Mail Australia show that in the past few months, the production, importation and use of 'ice' has gone to another level.
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The first quarter of this financial year has produced record numbers of seizures and arrests across Australia
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The Eligo National Task Force has captured more than $350 million worth of 'ice' in less than three months
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One of the largest single seizures was 135 kilograms of methylamphetamine in Melbourne occurred in late July
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More than 100 kilograms of drugs was found in a shipment of fish in Sydney
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Mexican, Chinese and Indian cartels now firmly established in Australian drug trade
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One point of crystal meth (100 milligrams) can cost users about $100
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It's estimated at least half a million Australians are ice users or have used the drug
The @placeholder's list of side-effects of 'ice' include; psychosis, paranoia, anxiety, depression, decreased memory, violent streaks, risk of heart failure and stroke