UK men arrested in huge Australia-NZ drug bust

Six people including four British men have been arrested in Australia and New Zealand in one of the region’s largest-ever drug seizures.

Australian police said the bust was connected to a UK-based organised crime syndicate which supplied highly pure methamphetamine and MDMA powder.

Drugs with an estimated value of a $90m (£50m; $61m) were seized in the state of Queensland.

The drugs could have made up to 12 million ecstasy capsules, police added.

Queensland police said it was the third-largest MDMA bust in Australia’s history and the drugs were the “highest purity” ever seized in the state.