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Three people arrested at Adelaide Airport over meth in luggage, charged with drug trafficking

Two men and a woman have been allegedly caught trying to bring kilos of meth into Adelaide, being arrested as they got off a plane.

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Two men and a woman have been charged with serious drug trafficking offences after they were allegedly caught at Adelaide Airport with kilos of meth.

Serious and Organised Crime Branch and Western District investigators made the arrests at the airport on Sunday night after they disembarked a flight from Sydney.

Three people have been charged with drug trafficking at Adelaide Airport. Picture: SAPOL
Three people have been charged with drug trafficking at Adelaide Airport. Picture: SAPOL
Meth was found inside bath salts containers in luggage. Picture: SAPOL
Meth was found inside bath salts containers in luggage. Picture: SAPOL

Police allege that hidden in their luggage was about 2.2kg of meth, secreted in bath salt containers.

The trio – a man and a woman aged 32 and 31, from Paralowie, and 34-year-old man from Munno Para West – were arrested and charged with trafficking a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug.

They appeared before the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday 19 May where they were remanded in custody to face court at a later date.

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Originally published as Three people arrested at Adelaide Airport over meth in luggage, charged with drug trafficking

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/south-australia/three-people-arrested-at-adelaide-airport-over-meth-in-luggage-charged-with-drug-trafficking/news-story/1917c7fa420fa0d863f369535b654571