AGENCIES HOPEFUL DRUG SEIZURES WILL REDUCE AVAILABLITY IN QLD

Drug agencies are hoping the seizure of 124 kilograms of ecstasy at
the Brisbane Port last month will reduce the drug's availability in
Queensland.

Eight people are facing charges over the importation of the drugs,
which are thought to have a street value of more than $20 million.

Drug Arm's Queensland spokeswoman, Judith Hart, says a significant
portion of the drugs would have been sold in Queensland.

"With the size of such a shipment, even though they were tracked to
Sydney, they would have been further distributed throughout Australia
and I would say a percentage would have come north to Queensland,"
she said.

"Also statistics do reveal that Queenslanders are using more
amphetamines and more ecstasy than their southern counterparts."