Luis Alberto Salgado arrested for alleged cocaine importation in wine bottles, shampoo
A former student of a well-respected Sydney Catholic school has faced court over allegations he tried to smuggle cocaine into the country inside wine bottles, soup sachets, shampoo and shaving cream.
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A teen allegedly busted at Sydney Airport trying to smuggle cocaine into the country inside wine bottles, soup sachets, shampoo and shaving cream will make a bail bid this month.
Luis Alberto Salgado has been behind bars since returning to Australia on a flight from Chile on February 20 of this year, when he was selected for a bag examination by Australian Border Force officers.
It will be alleged in court that trace scans of items inside the 19-year-old’s bag returned positive for cocaine.
“An x-ray examination was also conducted on a can of shaving cream and three bottles of shampoo, each showing anomalies and what appeared to be packages stuffed into each container,” the AFP said in a statement.
It is estimated the total weight of the drugs allegedly found in Salgado’s luggage totalled about 2kg.
The former Patrician Brothers Blacktown student was arrested and charged with importing and possession of a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
No pleas have been entered on the charges that carry a life sentence.
After nearly two months in custody defence lawyer Chaddy Mardini told Central Local Court on Wednesday his client was set to make a bail application on April 21.
Salgado appeared on screen wearing prison greens with his hair tied back into a ponytail.
His social media feed depicts a popular young man obsessed with football and the Peruvian national team.
The bail application will be heard before the Downing Centre Local Court next week.
