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29 New Zealand nationals removed from Australia Two charter flights have removed a total of 29 New Zealand citizens from Australia this month (on 15 September from Melbourne and 16 September from Brisbane), following their visas being cancelled on character grounds. ... Read More →

Man charged as part of joint agency investigation into drug and firearm importations A man has been charged as part of a joint-agency investigation into the alleged importation of illegal firearm parts and drug manufacturing equipment in the NSW’s Central Tablelands. In late June, Australian Border Force (ABF) off... Read More →



Man arrested as part of joint agency investigation into drug and firearm importations A man has been arrested as part of a joint-agency investigation into the alleged importation of illegal firearm parts and drug manufacturing equipment in NSW’s Central Tablelands. Last month, the New South Wales Police Force (NSWP... Read More →



Statement regarding comments on ABF officer workloads Recent claims made by individuals that there are large numbers of Australian Border Force officers operating at our ports and airports who are not busy at the moment are patently false. Officers from the Australian Border Force wo... Read More →

French drug courier jailed for WA airport heroin bust A 55-year-old man was sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ jail by the Perth District Court yesterday (Thursday, 17 September) for importing approximately 179 grams of heroin wrapped in five pellets concealed inside his body. ... Read More →

Three men sentenced for cocaine found inside industrial machinery Three men have been jailed in relation to 55 kilograms of cocaine found inside a plasma cutting machine in June 2019. Operation Neem was a joint Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) investigation into a ship... Read More →

Freeze put on criminal syndicate after ice seized from fridge A 28-year-old Chipping Norton man has been remanded in custody today after 180 kilograms of methamphetamine was seized from a shipment of fridges in Sydney and allegedly traced back to his address. The 28-year-old man was charged by Aus... Read More →

Joint operation targets drug imports through post Syndicates using the postal system to import drugs have been put on notice, following an overnight operation resulting in the arrests of three Malaysian nationals in Melbourne. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) began Operation Lurcher... Read More →

Men charged in two states over meth importations A 28-year-old Queensland man and a 37-year-old West Australian man have been charged in relation to the importation of methamphetamine into Australia. The investigation commenced after Australian Border Force (ABF) offi... Read More →

Transcript: ABC Radio National interview with ABF Commissioner Outram APM FRAN KELLY: Michael Outram is the Commissioner of Border Force which is in charge of the movement of people in and out of the country. Michael Outram, welcome back to Breakfast. MICHAEL OUTRAM: Good morning, Fran. FRAN KELLY: Two very ... Read More →

38 Vietnamese citizens removed from Australia 38 Vietnamese nationals were removed from Australia by charter flight to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Tuesday 8 September 2020. The detainees were removed from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Of the 38 detainees, 14 had overstayed ... Read More →

Two arrested and meth in cans of coconut milk seized Two people have been arrested in Western Sydney and an estimated 600 litres of liquid methamphetamine concealed inside cans of coconut milk has been seized. In August 2020, an air freight consignment with 86 boxes of coconut milk cans a... Read More →



Cocaine courier jailed for seven and a half years A 34-year-old Sydney man who attempted to smuggle almost 40 kilograms of cocaine into Australia was jailed last month, following a Pacific Transnational and Serious Organised Crime (TSOC) Taskforce investigation. The failed drug courier... Read More →

Water police and Australian Border Force detecting fishy behaviour at Victorian Ports Victoria Police and the Australian Border Force (ABF) are conducting highly visible operations to deter the illegal importation of drugs and goods via ocean freight into Victorian ports. A multiagency operation saw officers from the ABF... Read More →



Adelaide man charged over alleged $20m cocaine import plot A 46-year-old man is expected to face Adelaide Magistrate’s Court today (9 September) after being charged over an alleged plot to import 20 kilograms of cocaine – with an estimated street value of $20 million - into South ... Read More →

“Ice” found in ice-cream making machine Australian Border Force (ABF) officers have stopped 30kg of methamphetamine, or ice, being smuggled into Australia in an ice-cream making machine. On 8 May 2020, a sea cargo container from Mexico was examined at the Sydney Container Fac... Read More →



Four arrested, 100 kilograms of liquid meth seized and discovery of a large Melbourne clan lab Four Melbourne men have been arrested and around 100 kilograms of a methamphetamine analogue was seized, after a multi-agency law enforcement operation in Melbourne. Read More →

French cigarette smuggler says ‘au revoir’ to $20,000 A French national with permanent residency in Australia has said ‘au revoir’ to over $20,000 after being sentenced in a Perth court for attempting to smuggle 29 cartons of cigarettes across the border. The 67-year-old,... Read More →

Charter flights remove 30 New Zealand citizens from Australia A total of 30 New Zealand citizens were removed from Australia last week on two charter flights departing from Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. The men had been convicted of a range of serious criminal activities including sexual intercourse... Read More →

