Overview

• Australian Border Force officers uncovered 22 vacuum-sealed bags of crystal methamphetamine worth an estimated $20 million in a 20-year-old French national’s luggage at Sydney International Airport.
• The French national has been charged with importing and possessing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug, offences carrying maximum sentences of life imprisonment.
• He was refused bail at Downing Centre Local Court on July 21 and is due to reappear on September 16.
• Detective Superintendent Morgen Blunden said every kilogram seized delivers a blow to networks that fuel violence, addiction and organised crime in Australia.
• The operation underscores intensified ABF-AFP collaboration this year in intercepting major methamphetamine consignments at Australian ports.