media room - Media Releases

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

2009

Release Date	Title of Release
Thurs 10 Dec 2009	Customs and Border Protection's second Time Release Study
Wed 9 Dec 2009	Help us protect Australia's borders
Fri 27 Nov 2009	Dangerous children's toys stopped at border
Sat 21 Nov 2009	Heroin worth more than $1.25 million concealed in tiles
Thurs 19 Nov 2009	Save time and money this Christmas - know Australian import requirements
Mon 26 Oct 2009	Woman arrested for fake documents and identity crime
Fri 02 Oct 2009	Seventh man arrested over alleged cocaine syndicate
Mon 21 Sep 2009	Alleged cocaine syndicate dismantled
Fri 18 Sep 2009	Two men charged with importing child pornography on their laptops
Fri 18 Sep 2009	Ice precursor stopped at border
Wed 09 Sep 2009	Customs and Border Protection cracks egg smuggling attempt
Wed 02 Sep 2009	Customs and Border Protection socks it to lizard smuggler
Sat 29 Aug 2009	Four people imprisoned over Commonwealth fraud charges
Tue 25 Aug 2009	Customs and Border Protection thwarts attempt to import steroids in a doll
Tue 25 Aug 2009	Twelve months gaol for child pornography charges
Wed 19 Aug 2009	Times up for arrested drug smugglers
Thu 13 Aug 2009	Snake smugglers feel the squeeze
Tue 04 Aug 2009	False suitcase bottom conceals 1331 steroid vials
Fri 31 Jul 2009	Joint drug raids a success in Gippsland
Thu 30 Jul 2009	Smuggling attempt goes up in smoke
Tue 21 Jul 2009	Two child pornography arrests in one day
Thu 16 Jul 2009	Foreign fishers caught by Border Protection Command
Thu 09 Jul 2009	$31.6 million cocaine haul leads to three arrests
Wed 08 Jul 2009	Two men to face court over drug import and possession charges
Sat 04 Jul 2009	Ballarat man arrested for importing more than 200,000 child pornography images
Fri 03 Jul 2009	Princess Cruise Lines fined $10,000 for breaching Customs Act
Fri 26 Jun 2009	Six months gaol for child pornography importer
Fri 26 Jun 2009	Mail with a sting in its tail
Thu 25 Jun 2009	Five child pornography detections in four days
Thu 25 Jun 2009	$51,000 penalty for tobacco smuggler
Sat 20 Jun 2009	Drug smuggling raid leads to discovery of clandestine drug laboratory
Fri 19 Jun 2009	Man arrested over illegal import of machine gun parts
Wed 17 Jun 2009	$10,000 penalty for smuggling pepper sprays
Mon 15 Jun 2009	Man arrested for importing child pornography
Fri 12 Jun 2009	Human Growth Hormone smuggler convicted
Fri 12 Jun 2009	Tobacco smuggler convicted
Fri 12 Jun 2009	Man arrested for importing two kilograms of cocaine
Fri 05 Jun 2009	Picture perfect precursor importation foiled by Customs and Border Protection
Thu 04 Jun 2009	International drug ring smashed
Thu 28 May 2009	Man arrested in Perth on child and abhorrent pornography charges
Tue 26 May 2009	Six months gaol for child pornography charges
Mon 25 May 2009	Woman charged for heroin in sport shoes
Fri 15 May 2009	Eye in the sky helps detect illegal activities on the Reef
Wed 13 May 2009	Detectives arrest man and prevent production of $25 million of methylamphetamine
Wed 06 May 2009	Man arrested over tobacco smuggling in mattresses
Tue 05 May 2009	Customs and Border Protection stops importation of child pornography images
Fri 24 Apr 2009	Man charged with not declaring currency at Perth Airport
Tue 21 Apr 2009	Joint operation targets amphetamine trafficking
Tue 07 Apr 2009	A picture frame says a thousand words
Tue 07 Apr 2009	Three men face court over drug charges
Tue 07 Apr 2009	Customs and Border Protection response capabilities tested in large scale training exercise
Tue 31 Mar 2009	Three caught smuggling child porn over weekend
Sat 28 Mar 2009	Game's up for child porn smuggler
Fri 27 Mar 2009	Calamvale man convicted for importing weapons
Wed 25 Mar 2009	Child abuse images lead to gaol time
Thu 19 Mar 2009	$30,000 penalty for weapon smuggler
Tue 17 Mar 2009	Four arrests in one week for child pornography importation
Mon 16 Mar 2009	Drugs in suitcase at Sydney Airport
Mon 16 Mar 2009	Precursor importer left in the cold
Thu 12 Mar 2009	Two men arrested in Perth for child pornography importation
Wed 11 Mar 2009	$23,000 penalty for smuggling steroids
Wed 11 Mar 2009	$300,000 worth of imported liquid leads to arrest
Tue 10 Mar 2009	Men charged with importing heroin in rugs
Mon 23 Feb 2009	Endangered reptiles saved by Customs and Border Protection
Tue 17 Feb 2009	Man faces court over 14 kilogram heroin bust
Tue 10 Feb 2009	Customs and Border Protection's first Time Release Study
Mon 09 Feb 2009	Crackdown on child pornography continues
Wed 04 Feb 2009	Greek man on child and abhorrent pornography charges
Tue 03 Feb 2009	Pigeon smuggler's wings clipped
Fri 30 Jan 2009	Drugs and tasers seized in Beverley
Tue 27 Jan 2009	Dishonesty leads to fraud charges
Thu 22 Jan 2009	Customs arrests two following record seizure of molasses tobacco
Thu 15 Jan 2009	Two years gaol for child pornography charges
Sat 10 Jan 2009	10kg cocaine concealed in forklift batteries
Thu 08 Jan 2009	Customs continues crackdown on cigarette smuggling
Thu 08 Jan 2009	Foreign fishers caught by Border Protection Command
Wed 07 Jan 2009	Man arrested on child and abhorrent pornography charges
Mon 05 Jan 2009	Australian woman treated in hospital after attempting to import heroin in stomach
Fri 02 Jan 2009	Customs seizes 40 kg of molasses tobacco in Perth raids