Trio Charged and 99kg of Meth Stopped from Reaching WA Over Festive Period

Trio Charged and 99kg of Meth Stopped from Reaching WA Over Festive Period

The three WA men were arrested by Australian Federal Police officers on 30 December 2021 after a joint agency investigation launched when Australian Border Force officers found the drugs hidden in a 550-kilogram shipment of latex bed pillows.

ABF officers in Fremantle examined the consignment after it arrived on a container ship.  After examining the goods within the container they found anomalies within the latex pillows, which they carefully deconstructed.  Officers located a crystal-like substance which was subsequently referred to the ...

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140kg of Methamphetamine Concealed in Catering Equipment Seized

140kg of Methamphetamine Concealed in Catering Equipment Seized

Three men have been charged by the Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) for an alleged attempt to import 140 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia concealed in catering equipment.

The men faced Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link on Wednesday (17 November 2021) and were remanded in custody, accused of facilitating the importation of the drugs from Canada into Melbourne.

The drugs have an estimated value of more than $88 million if sold as individual street deals.

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Three Men Charged with Cocaine Inside PlayStation

Three Men Charged with Cocaine Inside PlayStation

Three men will appear in Southport Magistrates Court for allegedly importing 1.5 kg of cocaine inside a PlayStation 5, which was bound for the Gold Coast.

The cocaine had an estimated street value of $346,500, more than six times the median Australian annual wage.

The men were charged after a suspicious consignment sent from Portugal to Sydney was identified.

On examination of the package by officers from Australian Border Force (ABF) a white powder, which tested as cocaine, was found concealed within a ...

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Queensland Woman Charged with Importing 14kg of Methamphetamine

Queensland Woman Charged with Importing 14kg of Methamphetamine

A 29-year-old Queensland woman has faced Southport Magistrates Court charged with allegedly importing about 14kg of methamphetamine from Mexico.

Australian Border Force (ABF) officers identified the alleged drugs concealed inside boxes labelled as Mexican handicrafts that had arrived in international airfreight at Brisbane Airport.

Presumptive testing of a white powder concealed in the boxes returned a positive result for methamphetamine.

The matter was referred to the Australian Federal Police and officers created a replica consignment that was delivered to a Surfers Paradise address.

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Pair Jailed Over 18kg Methamphetamine Import

Pair Jailed Over 18kg Methamphetamine Import

Two Adelaide men have each been sentenced to 12 years jail over a plot to import 18 kilograms of methamphetamine, worth up to $7 million, hidden in 4WD winches from Malaysia.

The South Australia National Anti-Gangs Squad (NAGS) launched an investigation into one of the men in February 2019, after Australian Border Force officers at Perth Airport examined his phone when he returned from a Bali holiday and found images of cash and what appeared to be illicit drugs.

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Man’s Attempt to Import $8 Million Worth of Illicit Cigarettes

Man’s Attempt to Import $8 Million Worth of Illicit Cigarettes

The investigation began after ABF officers detected approximately 800 hidden boxes of cigarettes in a sea cargo consignment at Port Botany. The goods had been declared as ‘brake shoe’. A deconstruction of the content of the shipping container revealed almost eight million illicit cigarettes, which had a total Customs duty payable of more than $8 million.

Members of the AFP, NSW Police Force and ABF executed multiple search warrants in the Sydney suburbs of Bankstown, Bass Hill, Cecil Hills and Kemps ...

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Man Arrested For Importing Firearms and Firearms Parts

Man Arrested For Importing Firearms and Firearms Parts

A 54 year old man has been arrested in Adelaide after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers located undeclared firearm parts concealed within his baggage on return to Australia from the United States of America.

Upon his return to Australia, the South Australian man was subject to a baggage examination by ABF officers at Sydney Airport, following forensic intelligence received from the Australian Federal Police.

During the baggage examination, officers located a number of firearms parts that would enable the assembly of a complete ...

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Methamphetamine Found in Mail Import, 62 Year Old Man Charged

Methamphetamine Found in Mail Import, 62 Year Old Man Charged

A 62-year-old WA man has been charged after authorities intercepted approximately five kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a package from the United States.

Australian Border Force officers (ABF) in Perth found the illicit drugs after they examined a package described as documents. The box contained multiple A4 envelopes and 21 of those allegedly had a package containing a white substance hidden between sheets of paper. Testing of the substance returned a positive result for methamphetamine.

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Perth Man Arrested for Heroin Hidden in Mascara Bottles

Perth Man Arrested for Heroin Hidden in Mascara Bottles

A 28-year-old Perth man was due to face Perth Magistrates Court on 7 August 2021, charged with attempting to possess approximately 440 grams of heroin hidden in mascara bottles.

On 3 August 2021, Australian Border Force officers conducted an examination of a consignment from South Africa which tested positive for heroin.

Australian Federal Police investigators were advised of the detection which resulted in officers executing a controlled delivery of the consignment to a residential address in the Perth suburb of Balga.

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Two Western Australian men charged over cocaine importation

Two Western Australian men charged over cocaine importation

Two Perth men have been charged over the cocaine importation of 3.99 kilograms into WA, worth a potential $1.6 million, hidden in purses sent from the United Kingdom.

Australian Federal Police will allege the package of purses was delivered to the Willagee home of a 28-year-old man and he was arrested after he allegedly opened the consignment.

Further police inquiries allegedly revealed a Southern River man, also 28, was also involved in the importation and he was arrested.

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