Watch the moment teenage girls in pink tracksuits are allegedly busted with $10million worth of cocaine
The 18-year-old women, clad in pink tracksuits, flew into Brisbane airport from Hong Kong on Thursday when they stopped by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers.
While examining their four suitcases, officers allegedly discovered 30 bricks of cocaine wrapped in towels covered in vinegar and chilli.
The bricks allegedly contained a white substance which returned a positive presumptive test for cocaine.
Both of the teenagers were charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled substance.
Following investigations, police arrested another two women, aged 23 and 21, at TK Maxx at the Brisbane Airport DFO on Thursday.
Police alleged the older women provided instructions relating to obtaining passports, airline tickets and accommodation.
The pair were charged with one count each of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
All four women fronted Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday where the Courier Mail identified them as Hasna Abdula Muhamed and Caprice Seminara, both 18, Irada Yousif, 23, and Reem Musa Ahmed Abdelmoula, 22.
The court heard that Muhamed and Seminara were paid about $8,000 in the form of an all-expenses paid trip to Vancouver to pick up and deliver designer clothes.
Commonwealth prosecutor Amelia Walker said the value of the alleged cocaine was estimated between $4.5million and $9.9million.
Defence lawyer Brendan Beavon told the court Yousif and Abdelmoula had contacted Muhamed through social media, with Yousif allegedly saying she had contacts in the fashion industry.
Muhamed, who was due to begin her Bachelor of Psychology at Griffith University this week, has been permitted bail after she reportedly told police she thought the cases held designer clothes.
She must follow strict conditions including not contacting Seminara, reporting three days a week to police and remain in Australia.
The court heard that she will be fighting her charge.
Seminara did not apply for bail and her matter was adjourned for an application on July 17.
Abdelmoula, a Doolandella architecture student, and Yousif, a Logan Reserve-based airport bartender, have been granted bail with the same conditions as Muhamed.
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