Illicit drugs like heroin cause significant harm to the Australian community; they are an impost on our health system and negatively impact every aspect of society."
The AFP, through the Vanuatu Australia Policing and Justice Program (VAPJP), supplied four LandCruisers that will be sent to four different provinces to improve the VPF’s mobility footprint.
The amount of methamphetamine had an estimated street value of around $180 million at the time of seizure and would be enough to supply Melbourne with 3.6 million hits.
The AFP’s International Forensic Engagement (IFE) team plays an important role in coordinating offshore forensic activities to ensure Pacific partners are well supported.
ABF officers opened the packages and allegedly found sealed plastic bags hidden within jumpers containing a crystalline substance that returned a positive reading for methamphetamine.
“In multiple cases, children filmed and uploaded videos of themselves naked by accident and they have done this from a parent’s phone or computer left unattended.”
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.
