A Chinese national has been arrested and charged with the alleged importation of child abuse material following an Australian Border Force (ABF) investigation. A Chinese national has been arrested and charged with the alleged importation of child abuse material following …
22-05-2021 – The Australian Border Force (ABF), in conjunction with NSW Police, Transport for NSW and the Department of Home Affairs, has carried out a high-visibility operation at Port Botany to ensure compliance in and around the port precinct. On …
18-01-2021 – Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged two Iranian nationals with the alleged importation of approximately 250kg of methamphetamine in multiple consignments last month. A man, 30, and a woman, 26 years, were arrested in Sydney on 8 and …
Four people have been charged by detectives from Joint Taskforce Icarus after the second largest ever Victoria seizure of 1,4 butanediol in July this year. Police seized 4.125 tonnes of the drug at a warehouse in Brooklyn on 30 July …
30-07-2020 – The Australian Border Force (ABF) strongly refutes claims in Andrew Probyn’s ABC 7:30 reporting today that a senior ABF officer allowed 2,700 people to disembark the Ruby Princess cruise ship after mistakenly believing passengers displaying “flu-like symptoms” had …
27-03-2020 – To reduce community transmission of COVID-19 from Australians returning from overseas, new quarantine measures will be coming into effect. The National Cabinet has directed that as soon as possible, and no later than 11.59pm (AEDST) on 28 March, …
13-02-2020 – Two passengers have been intercepted at Melbourne International Airport attempting to smuggle 122 live fish into Australia. Head of Biosecurity, Lyn O’Connell, said the seizure was a joint effort between the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment …
A Queensland solar wholesale business has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in recovered Duty and Goods and Services Tax (GST) following an investigation by the Australian Border Force (ABF) into the importation of Chinese aluminium rails used …
15-11-2019 – The Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Department of Home Affairs have installed a new high-tech 3D scanning machine at the Melbourne International Mail Gateway Facility, bolstering the ABF’s ability to detect prohibited items – including explosives – …
28-10-2019 – A 54-year-old man was due to appear before the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court today on the alleged internal concealment of 109 pellets suspected to contain amphetamines imported via Melbourne International Airport on Saturday (26 October 2019). The United States …