CANBERRA, ACT, July 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and Department of Home Affairs
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A married couple has been sentenced to imprisonment today (17 July, 2025) for their roles in a failed 2022 plot to import and distribute 56kg of cocaine from Switzerland, hidden in car tyres.
The Perth District Court sentenced a Nollamara man, now 60, and his wife, now 52, to nine years' imprisonment each, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half years.
The duo was found guiltyin November, 2024, after a four-week jury trial in thePerth...