Ice smuggled in tea boxes in Melbourne

It wasn't the type of iced tea customs officers were used to seeing.

Boxes of tea and soap were used to smuggle two kilos of the drug ice into Melbourne airport on Monday.

A 66-year-old South Korean man on a flight from India was caught with the illegal drug in his bag.

Customs officers said the maximum penalty for smuggling drugs like methamphetamine was 25 years in jail.

The man was handed over to the Australian Federal Police.