Queensland man charged with illegally importing hundreds of gun parts from US
Police allege a 34-year-old Brisbane man sent individual firearm parts to multiple addresses in Queensland and Victoria over the past month, intending to assemble the weapons and sell them for $20,000 each.
Australian Border Force (ABF) officials stopped the man at Brisbane International Airport on June 26.
Its alleged the man - who arrived on a flight from the US - was travelling with consignment details for nine packages which were later found to contain firearm parts.
The matter was referred to the AFP for investigation.
The man allegedly sent the individual parts under false descriptions to false names at mulitple addresses before being intercepted by the ABF.
AFP Detective Superintendent Adrian Telfer said the packages contained hundreds of individual weapon parts.
"If they were assembled, could have created more than 30 Glock style handguns," Detective Superintendent Telfer said.
He was charged with nine counts of attempting to import firearm parts.
The maximum penalty for the offence is 10 years imprisonment.
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