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News.com.au
4 days ago
- News.com.au
French woman allegedly concealed 10kg of meth in suitcase
A young French woman allegedly concealed 10kg of methamphetamine in her suitcase on a flight from Paris to Perth. The 18-year-old was travelling from Paris when Australian Border Force officers selected her for a baggage examination at Perth Airport. A white crystalline substance was allegedly found in five sealed plastic pouches inside her suitcase. The substance tested positive for methamphetamine during initial testing, with an estimated weight of 10.7kg. Her phone, suitcase and its contents were seized by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with police to allege she'd planned to travel to Sydney. She was charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, of which there is a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. AFP Inspector Matt Taylor said 'criminal activities are not welcome in this country'. 'The AFP's aim is to disrupt all levels of the drug trade and the criminals attempting to profit at the expense and suffering of the Australian community,' Inspector Taylor said. 'Even in small amounts, drugs such as methamphetamine cause immense harm to users and the community around them, through the impact on the health care system and associated crime. 'Our message is simple to anyone involved in the drug trade – your criminal activities are not welcome in this country.' The young woman fronted Northbridge Magistrates court on April 26 where she was remanded to reappear on Friday.
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Cardiff Royal Mail sorting office workers find 18 bags of cannabis
Cannabis packages posted from California to addresses in Cardiff were discovered at a Royal Mail sorting office, a court has at a trial at Newport Crown Court were told millions of pounds worth of cannabis, some in packages labelled as Yankee Candles, were smuggled into the defendants, Mohammed Hussain, 28, and Abu Hussain, 28, changed their plea on Thursday and admitted conspiring to import the class B other defendants, Sean Montgomery, 24, and Steven Munroe, 44, deny all charges against them. On Friday the court heard both men told police they had no knowledge of what was inside the packages. Jurors heard from PC Lucy Lloyd who said 18 bags of vacuum packed cannabis were found by postal workers at the Cardiff sorting weighed the bags and found there was just over 8kg (17lb) of cannabis at the site on Penarth four men, from Cardiff, were charged with smuggling more than 300kg (661lb) of cannabis from California and New York into the UK using the postal service. On Friday the court heard the statement Mr Montgomery provided to police officers when he was denied supplying or importing class B drugs and denied being a member of an organised crime admitted going to the Royal Mail depot in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, but said he was not there to collect the parcels, just to check they were said: "I do not know what the parcels I was enquiring about were". Jurors were also read a transcript of the police interview with Mr Munroe, who denied supplying or importing class B drugs and denied being a member of an organised crime said he took in a parcel for a neighbour but "didn't have a clue" what was Hussain and Abu Hussain have pleaded guilty to supplying a controlled class B drug and conspiracy to import class B Montgomery and Mr Munroe deny both case continues.
