Packages allegedly sent to former Australian boxer and others were intercepted by federal police, US affidavit says. Fenech has not been charged, and his lawyer says he is not a suspect for any criminal offences
Australian boxing great Jeff Fenech was unwittingly caught up in an alleged US drug trafficking operation, according to court documents.Australian boxing great Jeff Fenech was unwittingly caught up in an alleged US drug trafficking operation, according to court documents.
Fenech, a four-time world boxing champion, was named in an affidavit filed in the US district court of California in charges laid against a man named Moustapha Moustapha. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup According to an affidavit filed in February by a special agent with the DEA, Fenech was allegedly an intended recipient for an unspecified number of deliveries among “24 packages containing 26kgs of suspected cocaine and methamphetamine”.According to a US drug enforcement special agent based in Australia, after the interception, the AFP conducted an undercover package delivery at Fenech’s residence in the“After dropping the package off at the residence, AFP observed Fenech pick up the package.
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