CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force
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A Sunshine West man has been charged with allegedly importing about 8kg of cocaine into Australia, hidden in his luggage.
The man, 40, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 18 February, 2025, and was remanded in custody to reappear in the same court on 13 May, 2025.
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers allegedly found the cocaine hidden inside bedsheets in one of the man's suitcases when they examined the luggage after he arrived at Melbourne Airport on a flight from Chile.
The ABF alerted t...