Australian, Malaysian police make record ecstasy haul

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Australian Federal Police o­n Sunday said they had seized a record 170kg shipment of ecstasy powder from Malaysia and smashed a major drug ring.

Police located the drugs in a shipping container this week after a 14-month operation carried out with the Royal Malaysian Police.

"This is the biggest seizure of pure ecstasy in Australia, with an estimated potential to produce more than o­ne million hits," Customs Minister Chris Ellison said.

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