CANBERRA, ACT, May 29 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force.
A US national has been sentenced by the Melbourne County Court after importing 12 kilograms of cocaine into Victoria in 2025.
The woman, 34, was sentenced to eight years and 10 months' jail, with a non-parole period of five years and eight months, after pleading guilty on 27 May, 2026, to one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug, contrary to section 307.1 of the Criminal Code (Cth).
The AFP began investigating the woman in February, 2025, after screening of a phone belonging to another US national by Australian Border Force...