1kg heroin, cash and firearms seized in joint investigation, Gold Coast
A joint Queensland Police, Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Robina (Queensland) man, charged in connection with attempting to import a kilogram of heroin into Queensland.
Officers from the ABF, in Sydney had recently detected the heroin which had been sent through the international mail stream.
As part of a joint agency investigation into the supply of drugs and firearms into Queensland, police executed a search warrant on Monday (April 20) at a Robina residence where a 20-year-old man was arrested and charged with multiple drug and weapon offences.
Annastacia Palaszczuk says she wants justice served over the "horrific" death of Kelly Wilkinson at her Gold Coast house this week, as a statement of facts tendered to court reveals graphic details about the morning of her death.
Gold Coast man charged after allegedly trying to import $500,000 in heroin
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A Gold Coast man has been arrested and charged after allegedly trying to import more than half a million dollars worth of heroin.
The 20-year-old was charged with 10 offences after police searched a Robina property and found a .22-caliber pistol with a silencer, a sawn-off .410 shotgun, ammunition, more than $42,000, MDMA and cocaine.
ABF officers in Sydney discovered the heroin after it had been sent through the international mail system.
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