FEBRUARY 06, 2007 Brisbane, Australia
80,000 ecstasy pills seized at Brisbane Airport, four people arrested
80,000 ecstasy pills seized at Brisbane Airport, four people arrested
Three Brisbane people were last night arrested and charged over
their alleged involvement in an importation of approximately 80,000
MDMA (ecstasy) tablets into Australia in toy boxes, following a joint
Customs and Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation.
One man was also arrested and charged with attempting to posses
a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
The AFP will allege the MDMA has an approximate street value of
$3.2 million.
On February 6, Customs officers at Brisbane Airport intercepted two
cardboard packages from the United Kingdom containing a shoe box
and a children's toy box. Inside each of the boxes were vacuum
sealed plastic bags which the AFP will allege in court contained
MDMA tablets.
A further two packages allegedly containing MDMA tablets destined
for the same Brisbane address were also intercepted.
Customs officers referred the matter to the AFP who then
substituted the tablets with an inert substance and yesterday
delivered the packages to an address in Redbank Plains where a
42-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were arrested.
The 42-year-old woman was charged with conspiring to import a
commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, importing a
commercial quantity of a border controlled drug and attempting to
possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
A 20-year-old Redbank Plains man was charged with attempting to
possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
A 41-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman, both from Redbank,
were later arrested in their vehicle at Annerley.
The couple was charged with conspiring to import a commercial
quantity of a border controlled drug, importing a commercial quantity
of a border controlled drug and attempting to posses a commercial
quantity of a border controlled drug.
Separately, the couple was also charged with money laundering
offences including dealing in the proceeds of crime and being party
to two or more non-reportable cash transactions.
The 42-year-old woman was also charged with dealing in the
proceeds of crime.
their alleged involvement in an importation of approximately 80,000
MDMA (ecstasy) tablets into Australia in toy boxes, following a joint
Customs and Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation.
One man was also arrested and charged with attempting to posses
a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
The AFP will allege the MDMA has an approximate street value of
$3.2 million.
On February 6, Customs officers at Brisbane Airport intercepted two
cardboard packages from the United Kingdom containing a shoe box
and a children's toy box. Inside each of the boxes were vacuum
sealed plastic bags which the AFP will allege in court contained
MDMA tablets.
A further two packages allegedly containing MDMA tablets destined
for the same Brisbane address were also intercepted.
Customs officers referred the matter to the AFP who then
substituted the tablets with an inert substance and yesterday
delivered the packages to an address in Redbank Plains where a
42-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were arrested.
The 42-year-old woman was charged with conspiring to import a
commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, importing a
commercial quantity of a border controlled drug and attempting to
possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
A 20-year-old Redbank Plains man was charged with attempting to
possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
A 41-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman, both from Redbank,
were later arrested in their vehicle at Annerley.
The couple was charged with conspiring to import a commercial
quantity of a border controlled drug, importing a commercial quantity
of a border controlled drug and attempting to posses a commercial
quantity of a border controlled drug.
Separately, the couple was also charged with money laundering
offences including dealing in the proceeds of crime and being party
to two or more non-reportable cash transactions.
The 42-year-old woman was also charged with dealing in the
proceeds of crime.
Source: Australian Customs Agency
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Ecstasy News 2007
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