Three charged over ecstasy hidden in mailed PlayStation

Drug bust ... Police found ecstasy hidden inside a PlayStation game posted to an address in Surfers Paradise.

THREE men stand accused of drug smuggling after cops found 3400 ecstasy pills hidden in a PlayStation game posted to their home in Australia.

The Australian Federal Police arrested and charged two Canadians, both 18, and a New Zealander, 20, at a Surfers Paradise address on Friday.

A police spokesman said Customs officers detected a parcel containing the drugs at Sydney's international mail facility on October 5.

Three packets of tablets were found inside the video game machine and one packet was found in the cover of a game disc. The AFP monitored the consignment to the Queensland address.

The tablets weighed just over 900 grams, but the consignment will undergo forensic testing to determine the quantity and purity of the drugs.

The three men appeared before Southport Magistrates Court today charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug and one count of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.

The maximum penalty of the offences is life imprisonment and/or a $825,000 fine.

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