CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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A New South Wales man has been sentenced in the Sydney District Court today (7 August, 2026) for dealing with property believed to be the proceeds of crime after he was found carrying more than $600,000 in cash through Perth Airport.
The Kingsford man, now 32, was travelling through the domestic terminal at Perth Airport on 14 March, 2023, when aviation security screening identified an anomaly in his suitcase.
AFP members attended and located a large quantity of cash in the man's luggage. The cash was later counted and found to total $618,360.
The man claimed the money was linked to cash transactions asso...