<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 65-year-old Melbourne man faces life in prison after allegedly trying to import 92kg of drugs and 477,000 cigarettes disguised as clothes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Border force officers in Sydney and Melbourne say they uncovered the illegal shipments spread across four separate consignments in February.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The first three shipments in Sydney came from Vietnam and were labelled as containing leggings, hats and socks, they said.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/uk-constance-marten-mark-gordon-british-aristocrat-convicted-rapist-found-guilty-baby-death/3629ba59-47db-410b-aeec-b210794c2856" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>British aristocrat and convicted rapist found guilty over their baby's death</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officials say they found about 55kg of meth, 35kg of heroin and 2kg of MDMA hidden inside.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Federal police found the shipments had similar billing details.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fourth shipment arrived in Melbourne on February 25.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-man-alleged-links-vietnamese-drug-trafficking-syndicate-charged/787d3b75-11b1-4a2e-a27b-05f8d1de8f48" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Border force officers found cigarettes, meth, and small amounts of MDMA and heroin inside.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An investigation into the phone number linked to the consignment allegedly led police to an alleged Vietnamese drug trafficking organisation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Those involved were using multiple 'burner' phones, </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/north-korea-bans-foreign-tourists-to-newly-opened-beach-resort/eddd0e85-3647-4169-bb88-a4b9f3cff5c7" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The charged man had travelled from Melbourne to Sydney several times in February, allegedly with one of the phone. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police stormed his home in Ascot Vale in Melbourne on Thursday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They seized about $130,000 in cash, 3kg of meth and 1kg of cocaine, and four mobiles.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was charged with possession of a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug reasonably suspected of having been unlawfully imported and dealing in property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime worth $100,000 or more.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He faced Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He faces life in prison for the drug charge, and 10 years for the proceeds of crime offence.</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" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><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. 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