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Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Watch the moment teenage girls in pink tracksuits are allegedly busted with $10million worth of cocaine
A pair of young Australian teenagers have been charged in an alleged plot to import 30 bricks of alleged cocaine wrapped in towels covered in vinegar and chilli. The 18-year-old women, clad in pink tracksuits, flew into Brisbane airport from Hong Kong on Thursday when they stopped by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers. While examining their four suitcases, officers allegedly discovered 30 bricks of cocaine wrapped in towels covered in vinegar and chilli. The bricks allegedly contained a white substance which returned a positive presumptive test for cocaine. Both of the teenagers were charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled substance. Following investigations, police arrested another two women, aged 23 and 21, at TK Maxx at the Brisbane Airport DFO on Thursday. Police alleged the older women provided instructions relating to obtaining passports, airline tickets and accommodation. The pair were charged with one count each of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug. All four women fronted Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday where the Courier Mail identified them as Hasna Abdula Muhamed and Caprice Seminara, both 18, Irada Yousif, 23, and Reem Musa Ahmed Abdelmoula, 22. The court heard that Muhamed and Seminara were paid about $8,000 in the form of an all-expenses paid trip to Vancouver to pick up and deliver designer clothes. Commonwealth prosecutor Amelia Walker said the value of the alleged cocaine was estimated between $4.5million and $9.9million. Defence lawyer Brendan Beavon told the court Yousif and Abdelmoula had contacted Muhamed through social media, with Yousif allegedly saying she had contacts in the fashion industry. Muhamed, who was due to begin her Bachelor of Psychology at Griffith University this week, has been permitted bail after she reportedly told police she thought the cases held designer clothes. She must follow strict conditions including not contacting Seminara, reporting three days a week to police and remain in Australia. The court heard that she will be fighting her charge. Seminara did not apply for bail and her matter was adjourned for an application on July 17. Abdelmoula, a Doolandella architecture student, and Yousif, a Logan Reserve-based airport bartender, have been granted bail with the same conditions as Muhamed.
News.com.au
07-06-2025
- News.com.au
French woman allegedly concealed 10kg of meth in suitcase
A young French woman allegedly concealed 10kg of methamphetamine in her suitcase on a flight from Paris to Perth. The 18-year-old was travelling from Paris when Australian Border Force officers selected her for a baggage examination at Perth Airport. A white crystalline substance was allegedly found in five sealed plastic pouches inside her suitcase. The substance tested positive for methamphetamine during initial testing, with an estimated weight of 10.7kg. Her phone, suitcase and its contents were seized by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with police to allege she'd planned to travel to Sydney. She was charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, of which there is a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. AFP Inspector Matt Taylor said 'criminal activities are not welcome in this country'. 'The AFP's aim is to disrupt all levels of the drug trade and the criminals attempting to profit at the expense and suffering of the Australian community,' Inspector Taylor said. 'Even in small amounts, drugs such as methamphetamine cause immense harm to users and the community around them, through the impact on the health care system and associated crime. 'Our message is simple to anyone involved in the drug trade – your criminal activities are not welcome in this country.' The young woman fronted Northbridge Magistrates court on April 26 where she was remanded to reappear on Friday.
BBC News
06-06-2025
- BBC News
Cardiff Royal Mail sorting office workers find 18 bags of cannabis
Cannabis packages posted from California to addresses in Cardiff were discovered at a Royal Mail sorting office, a court has at a trial at Newport Crown Court were told millions of pounds worth of cannabis, some in packages labelled as Yankee Candles, were smuggled into the defendants, Mohammed Hussain, 28, and Abu Hussain, 28, changed their plea on Thursday and admitted conspiring to import the class B other defendants, Sean Montgomery, 24, and Steven Munroe, 44, deny all charges against them. On Friday the court heard both men told police they had no knowledge of what was inside the packages. Jurors heard from PC Lucy Lloyd who said 18 bags of vacuum packed cannabis were found by postal workers at the Cardiff sorting weighed the bags and found there was just over 8kg (17lb) of cannabis at the site on Penarth four men, from Cardiff, were charged with smuggling more than 300kg (661lb) of cannabis from California and New York into the UK using the postal service. On Friday the court heard the statement Mr Montgomery provided to police officers when he was denied supplying or importing class B drugs and denied being a member of an organised crime admitted going to the Royal Mail depot in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, but said he was not there to collect the parcels, just to check they were said: "I do not know what the parcels I was enquiring about were". Jurors were also read a transcript of the police interview with Mr Munroe, who denied supplying or importing class B drugs and denied being a member of an organised crime said he took in a parcel for a neighbour but "didn't have a clue" what was Hussain and Abu Hussain have pleaded guilty to supplying a controlled class B drug and conspiracy to import class B Montgomery and Mr Munroe deny both case continues.
