Two foreigners have been arrested in Myanmar's Yangon for attempting to send drugs to Australia by hiding them in modified crankshafts, Xinhua reported quoting South Okkalapa township police force Sunday.

About 74 kg of ice were seized from the two foreigners in South Okkalapa township on Friday with one Myanmar national who acted as an interpreter was also arrested.

Under the information exchange program, the Australia Federal Police informed the Myanmar police force that an Asian man who is under suspicion of having connections with international drug gangs, was in Myanmar and he was planning to send drugs to Australia.

A surprise check at their leased house by the police discovered the ice, worth 5 billion kyats (3.3 million U.S. dollars).