What Michael Ibrahim was told about getting drugs into country

Michael Ibrahim wanted reassurance that the “professional smuggler’s” method of illegally bringing drugs into the country was “foolproof”. The answer was “100 per cent”. READ THE TRANSCRIPT

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This was the amazing moment the professional smuggler revealed how his “door” service worked.

He claimed it was the foolproof method for importing drugs that guaranteed it would sail past law enforcement on the Australian borders.

He was in fact an undercover operative.

March 14, 2017. 11.26am

Vaucluse

Attendees:

J Undercover operative Joe Smith

M Michael Ibrahim

R Ryan Watsford

M You reckon this is foolproof?

J 100 per cent.

J It’s a company. If you look at the company once we work it out. Once we’re over there. It’ll have f**king history man. You’ve gotta use ones with history otherwise you get a brand new one they get checked straight away.

R And it never gets checked?

J This one’s been around for ages man.

M Five star rating.

J Yeah.

J So they only check like certain ones that meet this criteria. So they are especially starting to check the ah chemicals now like.

M Anything with terror shit.

R Did you see that protein powder thing last week?

J Nah which one was that?

R F**king bad. Bad man. Mate they were sealed and everything. You have no idea …

J You’ve got to have a company that has history and has been importing legitimate shit for ages … they check it. You know what I mean because it’s a brand new company.

R Yep.

J And then they start to get a bit of history they go don’t worry about it.

M The star rating …

J Yeah, yeah, yeah.

M Three star, five star. Five star’s the top rating?

J And then f**king that’s it. You know. And then once it gets here and you’ve got to f**king work out like storage.

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‘I HELPED SALIM MEHAJER WITH HIS MONEY’

‘YOU’VE EMBARRASSED ME IN FRONT OF THESE GUYS’

‘WHY AREN’T YOUSE DOING F**KING RACK AND SH*T?’

‘WE’RE LOOKING AT 20 YEARS JAIL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN’

Michael Ibrahim.

Ryan Watsford.

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PARTYING IN THAILAND WITH THE IBRAHIM FAMILY

HOW DEAL OVER SMUGGLED CIGARETTES TURNED UGLY

‘I’VE GOT 50 KEGS OF COCAINE IN LEBANON READY’

M I don’t even want to get involved in this shit.

J Yeah, I know, I know.

R Please don’t put that on my head storage man please. I can’t be 100 per cent (undecipherable) on that.

J I’m not. Just find out. Ask and we’ll see if you can get one.

M Is this where it’s got to get delivered to?

J Yeah.

M Sounds risky.

J I know but that’s what I’m saying. I thought you had a thing. But if you

(undecipherable).

R Yeah mate, but it’s not guaranteed. I don’t know if there’s (undecipherable) to the house you know what I mean. It was over a conversation over a beer, a mate of mine, he said can you lease it for me?

J If you can’t, I’ll have to sort it out.

R How do you usually do it?

J It depends. It usually just gets sent to wherever they want. But he’s not telling you where he wants it.

M Nah, he wants it around here.

J He’ll go ‘you sort it out, you put it here, you put it here’. I know what he’s like.

M Get it here and then (undecipherable).

J 100 per cent. No one goes near it for a while.

R F**k, now I’ve got to trust the bloke that owns it.

M Keep it in house. Trust me. Don’t get any other people involved. This is serious bro’. And it’s big money. You can’t trust people with this amount of money.

J Nah.

M It’s big money. Trust me, you’re better off if you can organise (undecipherable) trust me.

J Nah nah I will.

M I can’t afford a f**k up, you know what I mean? … It’ll be big trouble man.

J (undecipherable) That’s why I know everyone’s on edge for it. But everyone always is the first time.

M Yeah. I’ll be honest with you, everyone is on edge.

R Do you feel comfortable?

J I’m comfortable on my end. I know 100 per cent.

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