Clumsy driver crashes vehicle into cop car, leads to $140 million drug bust

The man, 28, slammed the drug-filled van into the empty police patrol car.

A clumsy driver led police to a A$200 million ($140 million in American currency) drug bust in Australia after he crashed a van laden with 270 kg (600 lb) of methamphetamines into a patrol car parked outside a police station in suburban Sydney. The man, 28, slammed the drug-filled van into the empty police patrol car at Eastwood in the city’s north on Monday morning, crushing its bonnet, before speeding off, CCTV footage shows. He was caught by police an hour later.

A photo shows the wreckage of a police patrol car after it was hit by a van laden with methamphetamines outside a police station. (Reuters File Photo)

Image of the damaged police cars.

A search of the vehicle turned up 273kg of ice, said police, who released footage of the drugs neatly packed in cardboard boxes, taped up and loaded into the back of the van. Police said in a statement the drugs had a street value of A$200 million.

The photo shows a part of the 273kg methamphetamines seized from a van.