Overview

• On July 30, Australian Border Force officers at Adelaide Airport discovered 500 grams of heroin concealed inside the handles of a suitcase when a black fluid began oozing from the bag.
• The 47-year-old dual Australian-Afghan citizen has been charged with importing a marketable quantity of a border-controlled substance and now faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
• He appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court on July 30 and is scheduled to reappear on September 23.
• AFP and ABF officials said the seizure resulted from a targeted baggage search driven by officer intuition rather than chance.
• This bust follows a $20 million methamphetamine interception at Sydney International Airport on July 27 and reflects weekly high-value drug interdictions under intensified AFP-ABF collaboration.