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A man travelling on a Canadian passport was stopped at an Australian airport on Friday after medical equipment used to perform beauty treatments was found in his luggage.

Australian Border Force agents said about 40 syringes, needle tips and a variety of beauty treatments that are typically injected into the skin were found in a search of his luggage at Melbourne international airport.

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Although the items are not prohibited from entering the country, officers accused him of planning to perform unlicensed and “potentially lethal” beauty treatments in Australia.

The 36-year-old man who was born in China but traveling as a Canadian was not identified by the agency but photos, blurred to hide his face, were released.

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He was detained but not charged. He faces immediate deportation, the agency said.

Craig Palmer, the ABF’s acting regional commander, said while interviewing him, agents discovered he had no authority to work in Australia and yet had paid a deposit on a business premises in Melbourne to trade products between Australia and China.