THREE PEOPLE CHARGED FOLLOWING ALLEGED 120 KG COCAINE IMPORT HIDDEN IN FURNITURE

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint media release by the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and Australian Border Force and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Editor's note: Arrest vision available in Hightail.

Three people have been charged by the Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) for their alleged involvement in a plot to import 120kg of cocaine into Melbourne.

The trio was arrested on Tuesday (20 October, 2026) and charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug, contrary to subsection 307.1(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth) and attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controll...