The Illicit Tobacco Taskforce continues to detect and seize shipments of black market cigarettes attempting to be smuggled across the border. Between 21-25 September 2019 three separate detections were made in air cargo consignments from South Korea, totalling over 600,000 …
18-09-2019 – Australian Border Force (ABF) officers in Sydney have arrested two Malaysian nationals after detecting and preventing more than 1,200 kilograms of ephedrine from reaching illicit drug manufacturers and being used to produce ‘ice’. On 10 September 2019 a …
14-09-2019 – Officers from the Australian Border Force (ABF), with support from Queensland Police, executed a warrant on a residential property in Springfield Lakes south of Brisbane this week, arresting a 36-year-old man and seizing various items. On September 1, …
05-09-2019 – Australian Border Force (ABF) officers in Victoria have prevented the importation of 100 kilograms of prohibited precursor drugs from China. The precursor materials were intercepted at a parcel courier company in two 50 kilogram consignments which were addressed …
21-03-2019 – A Sydney-based fabrication business has been ordered to pay more than $67,000 in penalties and recovered Duty and GST following an investigation by the Australian Border Force (ABF) into the importation of Chinese aluminium products though Thailand. The …
13-12-2018 – Biosecurity and Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at Brisbane Airport recently intercepted two live squirrels, allegedly smuggled in by an Australian resident returning from Bali. After information about the traveller was received through Border Watch, ABF officers approached …
Statement from ABF Commissioner Michael Outram APM 12-12-2018 – Recent, ongoing and inaccurate media reporting regarding the capabilities of the Australian Border Force (ABF) contains a number of factual errors that need to be corrected. ABF vessels continue to actively …
27-11-2018 Border and maritime security, as well as trade enforcement were high on the agenda at the 5th Australia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) Customs Bilateral Meeting in Canberra today. Hosted by the Australian Border Force (ABF) Commissioner, Michael Outram APM, the …