CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note: Vision of the woman and images of the seizure available via Hightail.
A United States woman is expected to appear before a New South Wales Bail Division Court today (8 September, 2025) charged with allegedly importing about 20kg of cocaine into Australia hidden in her luggage.
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted the woman, 31, for a baggage examination after she arrived at Sydney Airport on a flight from Los Angeles, USA, yesterday (7 September, 2025).
They allegedly located 14 black vacuum sealed bags filled with a substance that returned a presumptive positive test for cocaine, with an estimated total weight of 20kg....