International drug ring: Schapelle Corby’s relative caught up in biggest ever drug bust
One of the people arrested in a $90 million drug bust is a relative of the convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby.
The Courier Mail reported Viliami Kisina - related to Corby through her half-brother - was one of six arrested on Monday during raids across south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales.
There is no suggestion that Corby had any involvement in the drug operation.
The raid uncovered a record-breaking 766 kilograms of MDMA powder which will prevent up to 12 million ecstasy tablets from getting into the hands of Australians all over the country.
While police are refusing to reveal where or when they seized the mass amount of illicit drugs, they have revealed the powder had the highest purity ever recorded in Queensland and have a potential street value of up to $90 million.
The drug bust is the largest of its kind in Queensland and the largest ever in Australia.
Two British men, aged 51 and 40, have been arrested in Queensland and are to be charged with drug possession and supply.
The supply uncovered represents approximately seven per cent of the 1.1 tonnes of ecstasy consumed annually in Australia.
Corby spent over nine years in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison after 4.2 kg of cannibas was found in her bag in 2004.
She was released in 2014.