Cardboard box containing 13 live fish seized by Customs

Customs arrests and charges man over fishy business

Customs has arrested and charged a 34-year-old Chinese man for allegedly smuggling thirteen live armoured cat fish into Australia.

The man has been charged with importing a regulated live specimen under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation ACT 1999 and making a false declaration to Customs.

For further information see the media release.