<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A married couple will spend up to nine years in prison each over a drugs plot which saw them try and import 56kg of cocaine worth $18m from Switzerland hidden in car tyres.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>​The man, aged 60, and his wife, 52, from Nollamara in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/western-australia/2" rel="" target="" title="Perth "><span>Perth</span></a><span> were found guilty last November and received their sentences yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were convicted of the attempted possession of a commercial quantity of unlawfully imported cocaine.</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/salim-mehajer-released-statement-following-his-release-on-parole/2cb03dfe-fd76-4e79-9802-312229e1ad80"><strong><span>Salim Mehajer released statement following his release on parole</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Sydney father and son </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-father-and-son-charged-over-24-million-dollar-cocaine-haul-in-western-australia/54723632-8362-410d-a9b0-34759732122a" rel="" target="" title="were also imprisoned in April 2025 for their roles"><span>were also imprisoned in April 2025 for their roles</span></a><span> in the plot to import the cocaine into Western Australia, hidden in four car tyres imported by air cargo.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>ABF officers found packages of white powder stuffed behind the rims of the performance wheels at the Perth cargo facility.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The consignment was transferred to the AFP and forensic specialists found 56 packages of white powder, which contained 37.67kg of pure cocaine.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/crime-wa-drug-plot-couple/c5877d1d-2e1a-4eea-bd8d-e357e6d031b2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The drugs were replaced before the tyres were delivered to a Nollamara home on 5 July, 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The next day the couple used tools and knives to cut apart the car tyres to get the black plastic-wrapped packages of drugs inside.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The father and son flew in from Sydney that week, collected the packages and headed to a hotel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They opened at least one of the plastic-wrapped blocks before dumping them all in a skip bin outside a shopping centre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The AFP arrested the pair, before searching the home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AFP acting Superintendent Chris Colley said drug traffickers were "motivated by greed and did not care about the harm they caused."</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/world/donald-trump-sues-wall-street-journal-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-card-report-usa-news/a1938fed-3253-4b3a-8020-e969fcd5d800"><strong><span>Trump sues Wall Street Journal over Jeffrey Epstein birthday card report</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This amount of cocaine had the potential to be sold as about 280,000 individual street deals of 0.2 grams and put about $18.2 million in the pockets of criminals," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>ABF acting Superintendent Carmen Lee said "the skills and vigilance of ABF officers at the border ensured this dangerous cargo was stopped before it could reach Australian streets."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This outcome should act as a warning to anyone considering drug trafficking. Do not be blinded by greed, you will be found out and face serious jail time," a/Supt Lee said.</span></div></div>