media room - media releases

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

2010

Release date Title of release
Tues 13 July 2010 $84 million of cocaine seized & four people charged during joint drug operation
Tues 06 July 2010 Canadian woman charged with importing cocaine
Wed 16 June 2010 Man charged with importing methamphetamine into Christmas Island
Thurs 10 June 2010 Couple charged with importing heroin internally
Thurs 10 June 2010 Man charged with attempting to import herion in shoes
Tues 25 May 2010 Seahorse export stopped in United States
Wed 19 May 2010 Vessel interceted by Border Protection Command
Mon 17 May 2010 Vessel intercepted by Border Protection Command
Mon 3 May 2010 Tough penalties for illegally importing weapons
Fri 26 March 2010 International tennis player fined for importing human growth hormones
Wed 24 Mar 2010 Up to 25 years imprisonment for largest ecstasy seizure in WA
Wed 24 Mar 2010 Couple charged with importing cocaine internally
Tues 23 Mar 2010 Illicit tobacco concealed in sofa cushions
Mon 22 Mar 2010 16 month sentence for egg smuggler
Thurs 18 Mar 2010 Joint Media Release
Thurs 18 Mar 2010 Gaol for two child pornography smugglers
Wed 17 Mar 2010 Man charged with attempting to import illegal pre-cursor substance
Wed 17 Mar 2010 NT Coroner's report released - SIEV 36
Thurs 4 Mar 2010 Help us protect Australia's borders
Thurs 4 Mar 2010 West Australian man arrested for importing cocaine
Mon 1 March 2010 Customs and Border Protection processes over 3,500 people on Queen Mary II
Fri 19 Feb 2010 Man arrested for importing $2.8 million of cocaine
Sat 13 Feb 2010 Two men charged after heroin seizure
Fri 12 Feb 2010 Foreign fisherman dies at sea
Fri 12 Feb 2010 Parcel-post operation nets 73kg of drugs and 25 arrests
Tues 9 Feb 2010 Changing of the guard at Border Protection Command
Thurs 4 Feb 2010 Customs and Border Protection post opens in Kuala Lumpur
Thurs 4 Feb 2010 Woman charged for importing Nembutal
Mon 18 Jan 2010 Man arrested for importing cocaine in chocolate bars
Mon 11 Jan 2010 Illegal fishing vessel caught in Australian fishing zone

 

 

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