Three men have been charged with importing a date rape drug in Port Pirie.
Australian Border Force officers detected four consignments of Butanediol, commonly known as the date-rape drug ‘bute’, imported from China and addressed to a property in Solomontown.
The drugs were found in bottles labelled ‘mechanical lubricant’.
ABF officers and the SA Police Criminal Investigations Branch conducted a managed delivery of the illicit consignments, resulting in a search of three separate properties.
One man was charged with two counts to possess a commercial quantity of border controlled drugs, while another was charged with one count attempt to possess a commercial quantity of border controlled drugs.
Two men have since been granted bail and are due to front the Port Pirie Magistrates Court in February.
Investigations are ongoing.
