Fiji Drug Kingpin's Assets Seized

0:00It's April 13th. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI. Fiti Police are hunting a 49-year-old Sydney man named Sam Amine for his alleged role in the island's biggest drug bust ever over four tons. Of methamphetamine seized in January 2024, authorities call him a drug kingpin who helped bring in the massive shipment from Mexico's Sena Loa Cartel, storing it at his warehouse in the tourist. Got dinner out before it headed to Australia and New Zealand markets. That haul was meant for major profits down under, but cops intercepted most of it after some smaller amounts slipped out on commercial flights. Amine had been running a gym and owning property there for nearly a decade, and evidence from a court trial shows he coordinated logistics with local, players via encrypted chats. Fiji officials are fired up, with assistant commissioner Misake Waka, vowing they won't stop until international bosses like Amine face trial there. They've already jailed nine locals to record sentences, and now they're targeting

1:01his assets worth millions, slapping restraining orders on properties. Bought with dirty money, Australian cops had him on radar too, linking him to Sydney's heavy syndicates like the Alamedi network and KVT crew. In a sting last year, he got naps applying big drug loads and a gun to an undercover officer, feeding guilty and awaiting sentencing this July. Meanwhile, both countries are freezing his cash and properties over $10 million in Australia alone, while Fiji pushes to seize even more. This specific drug pipelines getting choked off one kingpin at a time.