A man has been charged after allegedly smuggling heroin into Australia that he 'concealed internally'.
The Australian Federal Police have charged a man after a pellet of heroin was allegedly found "in his body".Border Force officials stopped the 38-year-old man after he arrived on a flight from Asia, then notified the AFP, who took him to a hospital for a medical scan.The man later excreted one pellet, which will be tested by police to determine if the substance is illicit drugs, and to determine its weight and purity.
"Again, we see the disgusting way that people try to smuggle items into Australia," the AFP's Acting Commander Peter Hatch said. ABF Acting Superintendent Brett Hennessy said internal concealment of drugs was not only a reckless way to import illicit substances, it was also extremely dangerous to the person's health.
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