BRIEFLY 1.1 tonnes of ice worth AU$1b seized by Indonesian Navy

The Indonesian navy has seized a boat carrying 1.1 tonnes of the drug ice, and says it is the same type of vessel used to transport a similar-sized shipment to Western Australia last month.

A shipment of more than 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine was seized at Geraldton harbour shortly before Christmas. It was hailed as Australia’s largest ever drugs seizure. Police in Australia valued that haul at AU$1 billion and said at the time they were monitoring the “mother ship” used to bring the drugs into Australian waters.