Man detained

WELLINGTON - A 44-yearold man has been detained at French Polynesia’s international airport with 5.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in his luggage.

The passenger arrived on a flight from Los Angeles.

The public prosecutor says it’s the single biggest seizure of the banned drug at the airport in Tahiti.

The street value of the drug is estimated at $US10 million ($F21.86m) and it was expected to yield more than 100,000 doses.

The price of a gram of the drug is now reportedly just under $US2000 ($F4373) after a series of seizures.