A WA man has been sentenced by the Perth District Court to 9 years and 6 months’ jail for attempting to possess almost 11kgs of methamphetamine that arrived in WA via air cargo.
On 6 October 2021, Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted and x-rayed a package at an Air Cargo Depot sent from the United States, labelled as ‘paint’ and containing a black paste, before referring the matter to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
The man, 34, was arrested by officers on 18 October 2021 after he and his alleged female co-offender took possession of the consignment.
Police will allege the woman, 31, collected the parcel from an apartment in Scarborough before meeting the man and travelling to another location to extract the drugs from a black paste in the parcel.
