Mexican drug gangs 'increasingly targeting' Australia as meth supplies overtake rivals, police say

CNN — Drug cartels from North America have overtaken rivals in Southeast Asia to become Australia's top suppliers of methamphetamine, police said, warning that Mexican gangs are "increasingly targeting" the country. The Australian Federal Police and overseas authorities seized 23.6 tons of North American-produced meth bound for Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, the AFP said in a statement last week. Product from Mexico, the United States and Canada now makes up at least 70% of the meth found in Australia, police have estimated. Meanwhile, Southeast Asian meth fell to less than 15% of seizures of the drug, a highly…