CANBERRA, ACT, June 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Sydney woman has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment for attempting to import a commercial quantity of heroin into Australia within the lining of two hammocks.
The woman, 48, was sentenced on Thursday, 29 May, 2025, in Downing Centre Local Court after she plead guilty in October, 2024, to one count of importing a commercial quantity of heroin, contrary to section 307.1 of the Criminal Code(Cth). She was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five years and six months.
An investigation began on 16 October, 2024, when Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at Sydney Airport stopped the woman after she arrived on a fli...