{"id":204285,"date":"2025-09-06T06:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204285\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T06:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:20:11","slug":"gold-coast-man-arrested-with-an-alleged-11m-worth-of-meth-in-luggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204285\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Coast man arrested with an alleged $11m worth of meth in luggage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A Gold Coast man has allegedly attempted to bring 35 kilograms of methamphetamine into Brisbane Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Officers with the Australian Border Force (ABF) stopped the 62-year-old man and examined his bags after he arrived on a flight from Los Angeles on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The drug haul, worth an estimated $11.4 million, was allegedly found in 12 sealed plastic bags inside his luggage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The man was arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"X-ray vision of the drugs allegedly found inside a Gold Coast's man luggage at Brisbane Airport.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/537d06ffd28a2f3c405a151ce120ed5b\" 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\">X-ray vision of the drugs allegedly found inside a Gold Coast man&#8217;s luggage. (Supplied: AFP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The maximum penalty if he is found guilty is life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence used to identify man<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">AFP Detective Acting Superintendent Shane Scott said the seizure equated to tens of thousands of street-level drug deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;I want to reiterate our borders at airports are patrolled actively and diligently by the AFP and ABF to target illegal drugs coming into the country,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">ABF Commander Operations Queensland Troy Sokoloff said officers had used &#8220;intelligence-led targeting&#8221; to identify the man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The man was due to face Brisbane Arrest Court today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bags of meth allegedly found inside a 62-year-old man's luggage at Brisbane Airport.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/056ff8ff46944c69ea0fb99376ec5d80\" 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\">Bags of methamphetamine allegedly found inside a 62-year-old man&#8217;s luggage. (Supplied: AFP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Gold Coast man has allegedly attempted to bring 35 kilograms of methamphetamine into Brisbane Airport. 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