SYDNEY MAN CHARGED OVER THE ALLEGED IMPORTATION OF 22KG OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH AFRICA

CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

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

Editor's note:Vision of the man's arrest and images of the suitcases are available viaHightail.

A Sydney man is expected to appear before NSW Bail Division Court today (14 November, 2025), charged over the importation of 22kg of cocaine into Australia from South Africa hidden inside suitcases.

Australian Border Force (ABF) officers selected the Liverpool man, 25, for a baggage examination after he disembarked a flight from Johannesburg via Doha, Qatar to Sydney.

ABF officers located 22 packages wrapped in plastic inside the suitcases. The packages contained a...