$100m ice in big bust

TWO Taiwanese nationals and a Chinese man are behind bars after more than $100 million worth of the drug ice – disguised as tea – was found hidden inside metal lathes.

Australian border officials discovered the drugs in a container that arrived in Sydney from Malaysia on April 21.

Each lathe contained packets marked as tea but were filled with 200kg of crystal meth in what authorities described as a “sophisticated” concealment. The trio – two aged 22 and one 29 – were due to face court yesterday on drug importation charges.