Police crack alleged airport drug-smuggling gang
AAP
September 21, 2009
SIX men have been charged over an alleged cocaine importation syndicate that involved packages of drugs being smuggled through Sydney airport.
A joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police and Australian Customs led to raids on six Sydney homes yesterday and the seizure of a kilogram of cocaine with an estimated street value of $350,000.
Authorities allege some of the men work at Sydney airport and moved drugs packages out of the facility undetected.
Three of the men charged were employees of an airline catering company, according to the Australian Federal Police.
Authorities allege two of the men worked for an airline catering company and one was a former employee.
"There was a member of the syndicate who brought the drugs onto the plane ... and secured them within the cabin at a location known to the catering people," AFP spokesman Commander Steve Grant said.
A total of six men, aged between 20 and 55, have been charged with importing and conspiring to import border control drugs and dealing in the proceeds in crime.
Search warrants were executed at Bexley, Glenwood, Matraville, Merrylands, Mascot and Maroubra, where quantities of Australian and foreign currencies were also seized.
The offences carry penalties from 15 to 25 years imprisonment.
Three of the men are due to appear in Central Local Court today, two others are to appear in the same court tomorrow, while a sixth man was granted bail and is expected to appear in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on October 27.
Gee who da thought Australian Transport Workers Union members charged with trafficking in Cocaine !!!!! say it ain’t so!
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