CANBERRA, ACT, May 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

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A New South Wales man has been sentenced in Western Australia to 10 years and six months' imprisonment for drug trafficking and dealing in the suspected proceeds of crime, after investigations that also resulted in the forfeiture of cash.

The Perth District Court sentenced the man, 37, last week (14 May, 2025) after he pleaded guilty to two offences. He must serve a minimum non-parole period of six years.

The AFP arrested the man in Perth in September, 2022, during an Operation Phobetor investigation into a criminal syndicate suspected of trafficking illicit drugs and criminal profits between NSW and WA and...