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A 55-year-old Singaporean man was arrested at the Adelaide Airport in Australia and charged with court on suspicion of trafficking 40 kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine.
Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Enforcement Agency issued a joint statement on Tuesday (February 25) saying that Border Enforcement Agency personnel stopped a 55-year-old Singaporean man entering Malaysia at Sydney International Airport last Thursday (20th) and asked. . The man claimed that he had no checked baggage and was later allowed to leave the airport.
However, the Border Enforcement Bureau later found two abandoned suitcases on the luggage conveyor belt, with the man's name written on the ID. After inspection, law enforcement officers found 32 kilograms of methamphetamine and eight kilograms of cocaine from it.
The Border Enforcement Bureau then forwarded the case to the Australian Federal Police for investigation. The police later found out that the man flew from Sydney to Adelaide, so he arrested him at Adelaide Airport last Friday (21st). The investigation showed that he was planning to take a flight from Adelaide to Malaysia at the time.
The black market price of drugs seized exceeds S$27 million
The statement said that the man was charged with two counts of importing commercial quantities of border control drugs in the Adelaide Magistrate Court on Monday (24th), and if convicted, he could be sentenced to maximum life imprisonment. He was escorted back to Sydney court on Tuesday to continue on trial.
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The 32 kilograms of methamphetamine that the man was accused of carrying had a black market price of about AU$29.6 million (about S$25.15 million), which could be sold on the street about 320,000 times. As for the black market price of eight kilograms of cocaine, it is about AUD 2.6 million (about S$2.2 million), which can be sold on the street about 40,000 times.
Australian Federal Police Acting Superintendent Stuart Millen said police worked with Border Enforcement and other state and international law enforcement partners to avoid lawless people using air travel as a supply chain for drug trafficking.
Border Enforcement Superintendent Elke West said it was another major drug case cracked by personnel stationed at Sydney International Airport. “While promoting the entry of millions of passengers through Sydney Airport every year, we are also on guard against criminal gangs trying to use the airport to smuggle drugs.”
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