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Criminals in Australia had their plans foiled when police swooped and seized a soil compactor. The criminals had used the machine in a plan to smuggle drugs into the country and had hidden around 350kg of illegal substances within the machine’s structure. Two men were arrested when the compactor was seized in the city of Sydney.
February 18, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Criminals in Australia had their plans foiled when police swooped and seized a soil compactor. The criminals had used the machine in a plan to smuggle drugs into the country and had hidden around 350kg of illegal substances within the machine’s structure. Two men were arrested when the compactor was seized in the city of Sydney.

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