CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 11 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

The AFP has charged a Malaysian man over a failed plot to import more than half a tonne of illicit drugs into Australia in July, 2024.

The man, 35, was arrested in Coffs Harbour yesterday(10 February, 2025), and charged over his alleged involvement in the importation of 421kg of MDMA pills, 120kg blocks of an illicit substance suspected to be 'pink cocaine' and 80kg of methamphetamine in a consignment sent from Italy.

The AFP executed a search warrant yesterday (10 February, 2025) on a vehicle located in a public carpark in Coffs Harbour where they seized 470 grams of pseudoephedrine and an allegedly fraudulent driver's licence.

The man, who was iden...