{"id":47640,"date":"2026-07-10T00:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/47640\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:34:06","slug":"australia-post-worker-charged-over-alleged-mail-tampering-in-perths-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/47640\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Post worker charged over alleged mail tampering in Perth&#8217;s south"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A postal worker has been charged with mail tampering after Australia Post reported the suspected theft of packages from a sorting facility in Perth&#8217;s south to federal police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Australian Federal Police (AFP) reviewed CCTV footage and linked the loss of packages to the 57-year-old man&#8217;s shift patterns before laying charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is alleged the mail sorter removed and tampered with packages during his overnight shifts on June 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">AFP officers searched the man&#8217;s Armadale home and car and seized $34,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The man is due to face court today charged with two counts of tampering with mail receptacles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close up shot of a Aus Post express post package\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/03f1f65ecf1ee7e3838c7cc0cf422f70.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The man allegedly removed and tampered with packages from mail bags. (Supplied: Australia Post &#8211; file photo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">AFP Detective Acting Inspector David Blockley said the agency took the allegations seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;The AFP works closely with businesses to ensure trusted insiders suspected of abusing their position are brought to justice to ensure public confidence in the Australian postal system,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Tampering with the Australian postal system is a serious offence which carries substantial penalties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The AFP said investigations were continuing into further suspected stolen and tampered packages. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A postal worker has been charged with mail tampering after Australia Post reported the suspected theft of packages&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[103,35133,9676,1758,35131,1328,1327,335,463,35130,35132,464],"class_list":["post-47640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-afp","tag-armadale-postal-worker","tag-australia-post","tag-australian-federal-police","tag-mail-tampering","tag-news-perth","tag-news-wa","tag-perth","tag-perth-news","tag-postal-worker","tag-postal-worker-stealing-packages","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}