Prospect teen charged over importation of cocaine in international mail

The identity of an 18-year-old woman charged with serious drug importation charges linked to the interception of 850g of cocaine hidden inside a puzzle box can be revealed.

An 18-year-old woman has fronted court charged over her alleged role in the importation of 850g of cocaine hidden inside a puzzle box mailed from the United Kingdom, a court has heard.

Isabella Fazzari, 18, of Prospect appeared in the Adelaide Magistrate via video link from the City Watch House to seek release on bail.

Rachel Wang, prosecuting, said Ms Fazzari was linked to the importation of the drug consignment via her boyfriend, who is in custody.

“Ms Fazzari’s involvement is traced back to phone calls between herself and her boyfriend within the Adelaide Remand Centre,” she said.

Australian Border Force officials intercepted a package from the United Kingdom containing cocaine. Picture: Australian Border Force

“This matter is in relation to international consignments containing drugs coming from overseas,” she said.

“The prosecution case is that Ms Fazzari was tracking them.

“Ms Fazzari was the outside contact who organised the tracking numbers, who would advise addressees that the parcel was coming on a particular date that and to make sure that there was someone there to receive it.

“The consignment was intercepted on the 10th of January and was found to contain 850g of cocaine, and that’s a marketable quantity.”

Ms Fazzari is yet to enter a plea to a charge of importing a marketable quantity of a border controlled drug.

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Ms Wang did not oppose Ms Fazzari’s release on bail but sought conditions including that she be banned from tracking international consignments online and not approach international points of departure.

She said the drugs were bound for an address in Salisbury but had been intercepted beforehand and replaced with an inert substance, ahead of its arrival at the address on January 18.

She said another man, whose identity is suppressed, collected the package before being arrested by authorities during a traffic stop where the package was found in his car.

At the time of that man’s arrest Australian Border Force officials alleged the cocaine was hidden inside an international mail package marked “comics” but which contained a puzzle and the drugs.

Andrew Moffa, for Ms Fazzari, said his client would also arrange to surrender her passport, which has expired.

Magistrate John Wells granted Ms Fazzari release on bail to return to court next month.

He imposed the conditions sought by Ms Wang which also included that she must report to report each week and is banned from contacting a list of people or attending a list of six separate addresses.