CANBERRA, ACT, March 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force

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The AFP has charged a Sydney man with drug offences after authorities prevented 27kg of ketamine hidden in medicine balls and cushion covers from entering the community.

The man, 44, appeared before the New South Wales Bail Division Courts yesterday (3 March, 2026) charged with:

* One count of importing a commercial quantity of border controlled drugs, being 27.5kg of ketamine, contrary to section 307.1 of the Criminal Code(Cth); and

* One count of trafficking a commercial quantity of border controlled drugs, b...