“The Australian market is definitely lucrative, one of the most lucrative in the world.”
Well, first, the barefoot Californian arrested by the Feds on Wednesday wasn’t at Sydney’s wavepool on Wednesday for its excellent menu of a la carte tubes.
American Guang Shi, police say, thought he was at the tank to pick up a quarter of a tonne of methylamphetamine, which he allegedly bought from a criminal syndicate in Los Angeles for seven-mill.
Methamphetamine, if your narcotics education is incomplete, is chemically similar to amphetamine, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. The key diff is the addition of a methyl group to the amphetamine molecule. This increases the drug’s potency and makes it wildly addictive.
Police say Guang Shi got the meth into Australia via shipping container and had flown over to collect and deliver it. It wasn’t his first time in Australia. He’d already flown out to suss out potential dealers.
“He was meeting a number of people here which we will allege was part of the attempt to possess … the drugs in Australia,” Australian Federal Police acting Commander Peter Fogarty told reporters on Thursday.
So Shi flies into Sydney, stays at the sexy Hyatt Hotel in the city, then arranges, allegedly etc, to get his drugs from the carpark of URBNSURF at Olympic Park there.
Thing is, US’ Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the AFP had eyes on him since March. After his arrest, Shi was charged with attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug, a crime that offers life in prison.
“[It] is a significant amount of drugs that would have caused a significant amount of harm to the Australian community,” head cop Fogarty said of the bust’s significance. “The Australian market is definitely lucrative, one of the most lucrative in the world.”
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Speedrun down the line
Hope they let him keep the wristband and validated his parking.
250 kilos probably not worth $250 million.
That’d be $1k/gram…..almost what Laird charges for creamer with mushrooms.
But cut ninety percent and maybe yes.
Wu Tang 4 Life
Thats why you dont meth around with wave pools
I only go to Waco Surf as all other wave pools are drug infested
URBNMETH
Guang Shi go to prison long time.
…to meet long time lover!
great shot of your son ! Fingers crossed my 4 yr old gets there one day
Like mini-Padang!
He shoulda thrown it all in the pool ,party waves!!!
Proud dad.
Well done DR
Yeah, I’ll be running this tube whenever I get the chance.
“Guang Shi” as American a name as Charles Smith.
Ahhh..grasshopper