A Sydney man has been sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for his role in running a drug importation enterprise trafficking cocaine after the AFP uncovered the scheme during Operation Ironside.
The man, now 68, was arrested in May 2021 after plain clothes officers observed him, and another man, waiting at a Western Sydney address which had been listed on a consignment of about two kilograms of cocaine.
Australian Border Force officers intercepted and inspected the consignment, which was declared as 'diamond microdermabrasion', following intelligence gained through the AN0M platform.
AFP officers executed search warrants on the two men and their residences - neither of which were the address where they had been waiting - seizing several false identification documents and a large sum of cash.
