SYDNEY: Enough chemicals to make Aus$3.6 billion ($2.8 billion) of pure methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug known as ice, has been seized by Australian authorities, they said Friday.

The 3.9-ton haul of liquid ephedrine, concealed in a shipment of green tea bottles from Thailand, is the biggest bust of the illegal substance in Australian history.

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