How $15.5 million of heroin made it to Brisbane

By Marissa Calligeros
Updated March 27 2013 - 2:13am, first published 2:00am
Heroin
Heroin
A wooden altar allegedly used to smuggle heroin into Brisbane.
A wooden altar allegedly used to smuggle heroin into Brisbane.
Three men allegedly used a wooden altar to smuggle heroin into Brisbane.
Three men allegedly used a wooden altar to smuggle heroin into Brisbane.
Part of a haul of 58 kilograms of heroin seized by police.
Part of a haul of 58 kilograms of heroin seized by police.

Three accused drug traffickers attempted to smuggle $15.5 million worth of heroin from Vietnam to Brisbane where they intended to pack the drug inside the door panels of a rented station wagon and drive it to Victoria.