Criminology and Psychology

Customs found the cocaine when a container shipment arrived at Sydney's Port Botany in March 2007, federal police said on Wednesday.Australian Federal Police agents arrested a 38-year-old man from the western Sydney suburb of Greystanes on September 11.Three men from Rockdale, aged 32, 36 and 37, a 40-year-old Kensington man, a 44-year-old Dundas man and a 35-year-old Bexley man appeared at Sydney's Central Local Court on July 13.They were all charged with conspiracy to import a controlled drug. The 38-year-old arrested last week was charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to possess a commercial quantity of cocaine.He is due to appear in Sydney's Central Local Court on Wednesday38-year-old Greystanes man will face Sydney Central Local Court this afternoon charged over the importation of 35 kilograms of cocaine concealed in flowerpots from Mexico following a joint Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Customs operation.AFP agents arrested the man on 11 September 2008. He is the se...

young woman has been charged with transporting drugs inside her body after landing at Sydney airport from America.The Australian Customs Service today said its officers stopped and searched the woman on Sunday after she arrived on a flight from Los Angeles.During their search, the customs officers became suspicious she might be concealing drugs inside her body and referred her to the Australian Federal Police, who took her to hospital for an internal examination.She was found to have 40 pellets containing a total of 400g of cocaine in her stomach. A 19-year-old woman is due to face Sydney's Central Local Court today charged with importing a marketable quantity of a border-controlled drug. The maximum penalty for the offence is 25 years in prison and/or a $550,000 fine.