Three arrested after alleged $400 million meth smuggling bust

Three Queensland men have been charged over an alleged plot to import 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine hidden in juice bottles.

The investigation began when the Canada Border Services Agency found the drugs on May 24, when the consignment arrived in Vancouver from Brazil.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police alerted the AFP and replaced the liquid meth with a different substance before the shipment continued to Brisbane on a container ship on September 3.

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The consignment was delivered to a semi-rural property in Jimboomba, Logan, and stored in a large shed, police allege.

The AFP claimed 1.2 tonnes of liquid meth would have had an estimated street value of $400 million, and could have been used for four million individual street deals once converted into crystal methamphetamine.

Three Queenslanders, aged 30, 35, and 43, were arrested by AFP officers at a rural property in Jimboomba and a shopping centre in Browns Plains on Brisbane's south side last Wednesday.

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They faced court last Thursday, charged with commercial drug trafficking.

A 43-year-old Jimboomba man was remanded in custody to reappear in court today.

A 35-year-old Jimboomba man and a 30-year-old Buccan man were held in custody to reappear in court on Friday.

They could face life in prison if found guilty.

Canadian authorities claimed the liquid methamphetamine was 89 per cent pure.

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