Australian police said Wednesday they had seized drugs worth $170 million and guns in a raid on a group likely linked to an attempted organized crime hit near a Sydney daycare facility last week.

New South Wales police last week said they had foiled an attempted murder by a so-called "kill team" and arrested three men involved.

And on Wednesday, police said they had taken possession of some 880 pounds of drugs in a major bust targeting a transnational criminal syndicate they said was likely linked to that foiled hit.

Detectives found vacuum-sealed bricks of methamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and heroin stuffed inside duffel bags and stashed at Sydney safe houses. An additional 20 kilograms of precursor chemicals was also seized, police said. They estimated the haul had a street value of

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