Qld men jailed over cocaine smuggling plot
Two Queensland men were given prison sentences on Tuesday after the duo attempted to smuggle cocaine hidden inside a pair of sneakers into the Northern Territory last year.
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Two Queensland men have been jailed in Darwin Supreme Court after attempting to smuggle more than 100g of cocaine into the Northern Territory inside a pair of sneakers last year.
The cocaine was discovered by Australian Border Force officers inside a pair of sneakers in a shoebox in an air cargo consignment from Peru on June 6, 2024.
Australian Federal Police officers seized the cocaine and replaced it with a substitute. AFP officers facilitated a controlled delivery to a parcel collection point in Darwin on June 12, 2024.
The two men were arrested by AFP officers the following day when they attempted to collect the parcel.
A 35-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to three years’ jail (suspended after 15 months) after pleading guilty to attempting to possess a marketable quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug.
A 36-year-old man was given 18 months’ jail after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting the attempt.
He was released on a 12-month suspended sentence, having already served six.
Originally published as Qld men jailed over cocaine smuggling plot
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