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Man charged after cocaine import into Melbourne Airport
A Spanish-Bolivian dual national has been charged with allegedly importing about 4kgs of cocaine on board a flight to Melbourne, hidden inside their luggage.
The man, aged 56, faced the Melbourne’s Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, charged with possessing and importing a border-controlled drug – cocaine. He was remanded in custody and is expected to reappear in court on 13 August.
According to a joint statement from the Australian Federal Police and Border Force, the man landed at Melbourne International Airport on Monday after arriving from Doha, Qatar.
ABF officers allegedly discovered about 4kgs of a substance – which later tested positive as cocaine – concealed in the lining of two suitcases. The matter was referred to the AFP and the man was arrested in the terminal.
The cocaine has an estimated street value of $1.3m and had the potential to equate to 20,000 individual street deals, the joint statement said.
View image in fullscreenPassengers inside Melbourne airport. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP
The man was charged with one count of importing a border-controlled drug, namely cocaine, in a commercial quantity, and one count of possessing a border-controlled drug, unlawfully imported, namely cocaine, in a commercial quantity.
The maximum penalty for these offences is life imprisonment.
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The NSW health minister, Ryan Park, said the state was seeing more than 400 cases of influenza a day.
He has urged people to ensure they’re up to date on their flu vaccination, saying:
We’re seeing over 400 cases of influenza a day. It means that winter is certainly upon us and it means that we all need to take those necessary precautions, including – importantly – going and getting our flu vaccination and making sure we’re up to date.
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