A 42-year-old Portuguese woman was arrested Monday by the Australian Federal Police for being caught with several pounds of drugs distributed in six packs of toiletries at Perth Airport in Australia.
According to an official source from the Australian authorities, the Portuguese woman arrived on an overnight flight Sunday, 29, being questioned by an official agent of the Australian Border Force. Then his luggage was examined and “six plastic bottles for cocaine toiletries” were discovered, the official statement said.
The same source said that the total weight of the bottles is just under five kilograms, but not the exact weight.
The tourist visa with which the woman was accompanied was automatically canceled and the Portuguese was arrested by the authorities for the crime of importing “a commercial amount of that drug, controlled at the border, namely cocaine”, contrary to a law present in the Penal Code of that country. parents.
The maximum penalty for that crime is life imprisonment, but the woman will not start trial until January. However, the woman was present this Monday to judge, who presented her the measure of coercion of pre-trial detention.
