A couple who claimed they didn’t know each other have been busted at Launceston Airport trying to smuggle $150,000 worth of meth into Tasmania.
Police say the man and woman arrived in Launceston from Melbourne with ‘drugs strapped to their legs’.
During a search detectives found ‘a quantity of methylamphetamine’ under their pants.
Both were transported back to the Launceston Police Headquarters where they were held while the contents of the packages were verified.
Importation and trafficking of a controlled substance charges have since been laid against both the man and woman, who will appear in court at a later date.
The find is the latest in a long list of recent busts at Tasmania’s airports.
In March, a drug detector dog foiled a Claremont mans attempt to allegedly bring around $5.5 million worth of illegal drugs into Tasmania through Hobart Airport.
Weeks before, another man was found to be carrying approximately $112,000 or 112g of methamphetamine during routine security screening.
