Two Singaporean men were apprehended in a Sydney taxi with a suitcase containing heroin worth A$4.5 million (US$3 million), Australian authorities said Saturday.

The pair, aged 34 and 41, were arrested after police flagged down a taxi in which they were passengers on Friday morning, crime agencies said.

“Officers searched the taxi and uncovered a suitcase which had a large quantity of a white powder in plastic resealable bags,” the Joint Asian Crime Group said in a statement.

Tests subsequently revealed the powder to be heroin with an estimated street value of US$4.5 million, the statement said. The men have been charged with possessing and supplying a prohibited drug.

The Joint Asian Crime Group comprises local, national and specialist police, and targets organised crime by Asian syndicates in Australia.

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