The 29-year-old man allegedly used his position to try and smuggle a common date rape drug into Australia.
An airline employee has landed behind bars for allegedly trying to smuggle commercial drugs in shampoo bottles at Sydney Airport.
Border force officers were examining baggage and found three shampoo bottles and a water bottle in a sealed bag wrapped in clothing.An airline employee has landed behind bars for allegedly trying to smuggle commercial drugs in shampoo bottles at Sydney Airport. Federal officers were called in and arrested the man before charging him with importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug."We will allege the man charged abused his trusted position as an airline employee and sought to use that access to smuggle a commercial quantity of drugs into Australia," Australian Federal Police detective acting superintendent Dom Stephenson said.
"Our ABF officers use several detection capabilities to identify passengers and crew who may be attempting to thwart our border controls," West said.
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