<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 47-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle heroin in the handle of his suitcase.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="_blank" title="Australian"><span>Australian</span></a><span>-Afghan international was stopped by Australian Border Force officers when arriving at </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="_blank" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span> Airport from overseas yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following a search, the officers allegedly identified a black fluid oozing from the handle of the man's suitcase, where a presumptive test returned a positive result for heroin.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-legionnaires-disease-potts-point-outbreak-health/d14a97c4-5c45-448e-9fd1-2dc227b43ace" target="_blank"><strong><span>One dead after Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Sydney</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Subsequently, 500g of the substance was removed from the man's suitcase.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Australian Federal Police charged the man with one count of importing a marketable quantity of a border controlled substance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-recognition-of-palestinian-statehood-canada-united-kingdom-france/93991216-d064-4f61-b521-6d2111eaca5d" target="_blank"><strong><span>Australia recognising Palestinian statehood a matter of 'when, not if', Treasurer Jim Chalmers says</span></strong></a></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-australia-heroin-arrest-drugs/21940b5b-f530-447d-b3bb-bfc6f212ba3b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The maximum penalty for this offence is 25 years' imprisonment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court today and is expected to reappear in court on September 23.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>