Man charged with importing drugs through PO boxes to face trial in ACT Supreme Court

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-17/man-charged-with-importing-drugs-through-po-boxes-to-face-trial/5605344


By Elizabeth Byrne

Thu 17 Jul 2014


A Canberra man facing nearly 40 charges of trying to import illicit drugs through Australia Post will stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

Emin Yavuz, 25, was arrested last year when a package containing amphetamines was intercepted by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service in Sydney.

He has pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges.

Prosecutors allege he ran a sophisticated set-up involving a number of false identities and post office boxes across Canberra.

A statement of facts details police allegations that Yavuz had tried to import a large quantity of amphetamines, cocaine and MDMA from countries including the Netherlands and China.

Police said a search of his home found 11 post office box keys, several licences under assumed names and notes with consignment details.

Police allege they also found up to six mobile phones, including two that had been thrown from a window.

The case has been listed in the court for later this month.

A trial date has not yet been set.

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If people import drug types which dogs are trained to detect, such as cannabis, opiates, amphetamines, cocaine and MDMA, which aren't hermetically sealed and packed so that there are no residual traces from their handling, they greatly increase the probability of detection. Even so, with X ray scans, and random checks, the more importations, the increased probability of detection, and once they have that name and address, they will put it on their suspect alert list, and establish a pattern, as a basis for prosecution.