<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man will face court later this year after he was charged this week over an alleged plot to import 62kg of cocaine into Australia, concealed in mechanical equipment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In February 2025, Australian Border Force officers in Sydney's container examination facility searched a consignment addressed to an Adelaide business.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They allegedly found 62 individually wrapped packages of powder, each weighing about 1kg, hidden in the cavity of a mechanical wheel-balancing machine.</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/world/texas-floods-victims-faces-of-the-devastating-tragedy/9795e553-a367-4d8e-a1de-6d83f48c8c4a" target="_blank"><strong><span>The faces of the Texas flood tragedy</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The powder allegedly tested positive for cocaine and the ABF alerted federal police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On February 24 this year, the AFP carried out a search warrant at a business in Magill, Adelaide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators allege evidence seized during the raid led to the arrest of a 29-year-old Adelaide man on Monday.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-man-charged-alleged-plot-to-import-62kg-of-cocaine/53acd7fb-3613-462f-aedf-5f05ac6045e7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></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/carolina-wilga-search-for-backpacker-missing-from-outback-wa-expands-across-australia/91d37c37-34cd-4f4a-9c22-a16cf6ebfa4e" target="_blank"><strong><span>The call from missing backpacker's mum that raised the alarm</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was charged with commercial drug importation and possession offences and is scheduled to face court on October 1.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>If found guilty of either, he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This seizure, with an estimated street value of $20.1 million, has stopped a potential 310,000 individual street deals from hitting our streets and causing significant harm to our communities and economy," AFP Detective Superintendent Melinda Adam said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Across Australia in 2021-22, there were more than 1300 cocaine-related hospitalisations – more than three a day on average – according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.</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. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>