CANBERRA, ACT, May 1 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

Editor's note: extradition footage available via Hightail

A Chinese-British dual national who was a senior member of the Sam Gor criminal syndicate has been jailed for 15 years for his role in a conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of illicit drugs within Australia from 2012 to 2013.

The man, 70, was sentenced by the Melbourne County Court today (30 April, 2026) to 15 years' imprisonment. He will be eligible for parole after serving nine years and three months.

He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of border controlled drugs, contrary to section 302.2(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth).

The 70-yea...