MERRI-BEK: Cocaine in furniture alleged – Pascoe Vale link
Three people have been charged over an alleged plot to import 120 kilograms of cocaine into Melbourne. The trio was arrested on Tuesday and charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug. Australian Border Force officers found 120 packages of suspected drugs hidden in two cabinets declared as household furniture, shipped from Greece. Police will allege a 49-year-old Pascoe Vale South woman was the consignee and coordinated collection of the shipment at an Essendon storage facility.