MELBOURNE: Jail for 8 years over drugs
A Swiss national has been sentenced to more than eight years’ imprisonment after attempting to import 21kg of cocaine concealed inside his luggage on board an international flight into Melbourne.
The man, 21, was sentenced on Friday (Oct. 24)by the County Court to eight years and eight months’ imprisonment, with a minimum non-parole period of four years and 10 months. Australian Border Force \officers initially detected the illicit drugs in the man’s luggage on January 3, after he was selected for a baggage examination following his arrival at Melbourne Airport on a flight from Los Angeles.

