Tas. Police seize over $5 million worth of cocaine, meth

A 26-year-old man has been charged with drug trafficking, in one of the largest seizures of meth-ampetamine and cocaine in Tasmania's history.

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00:00 On Friday, a 26-year-old man from Queensland was intercepted coming off the Spirit of Tasmania

00:07 in Devonport.

00:08 His vehicle was scanned by a police drug detection dog.

00:11 Police allege during the search, 4 kilograms of methamphetamine and 2 kilograms of cocaine

00:16 were found in the boot of his car.

00:19 What this equates to is in excess of 42,000 street deals of methamphetamine and over 2,300

00:27 street deals of cocaine.

00:28 He will face court later today.

00:31 This would have caused immeasurable harm to the Tasmanian community and we will continue

00:35 to make sure that we work collectively to make sure that drugs aren't on the streets.

00:40 There's no safe dosage for methamphetamine or cocaine.

00:44 Tasmania Police says the investigation into this matter is still ongoing and hasn't ruled

00:49 out making further arrests.

00:51 They say this should serve as a warning that anyone attempting to traffic drugs into Tasmania

00:55 will be caught.

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