Organised crime paying low prices to import drugs into Australia

By Nick Ralston
Updated January 22 2016 - 8:08am, first published 12:15am
Former Sydney resident Hakan Ayik runs a global drug trafficking network from his native Istanbul.
Former Sydney resident Hakan Ayik runs a global drug trafficking network from his native Istanbul.
A Border Force officer works with his detector dog. Photo: Eddie Jim
A Border Force officer works with his detector dog. Photo: Eddie Jim

Organised crime groups have become so successful at importing drugs into Australia that the wholesale price being paid for ice, cocaine and ecstasy has dramatically fallen in the past 18 months.

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