By Laura Withers For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 01:25 BST, 8 April 2019 | Updated: 01:25 BST, 8 April 2019
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Police and Australian Boarder Force (ABF) agents have found almost $500million worth of ice (pictured)
Australian Border Force agents have found almost $500 million worth of ice stuffed inside refrigerators in a shipping container from Singapore bound for Sydney's west.
Authorities uncovered 585kg of ice inside a shipping container in Port Botany, which arrived in late March.
The huge amount of crystal methamphetamine is understood to be the largest shipment of the drug to be seized this year.
In a bid to avoid detection the drug traffickers had labelled the shipment 'electronic ovens'.
However, police became suspicious when they saw the shipment contained 11 fridges, and machine X-rays revealed 'inconsistencies' with the construction of the appliances.
Police suspect the cartel behind the $438million shipment has links to the Fairfield
