<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two Italian men have been jailed after authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle ketamine into </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="_blank" title="Australia"><span>Australia</span></a><span> hidden inside </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/christmas" rel="" target="_blank" title="Christmas"><span>Christmas</span></a><span> toys.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Border officers in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="_blank" title="Perth"><span>Perth</span></a><span> made the discovery on Christmas Day in 2023, finding 1.3kg of high-purity ketamine inside five soft Christmas toys that were shipped from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/spain" rel="" target="_blank" title="Spain"><span>Spain</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Federal </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> intercepted the package and replaced the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/drugs" rel="" target="_blank" title="drugs"><span>drugs</span></a><span> with an inert substance, before releasing the package for delivery on January 4, 2024.</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/nancy-guthrie-savannah-guthrie-usa-kidnapping-investigation/d56d2408-7704-4596-bec9-db346aefeee9" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Investigation continues a week after US TV host's mother reported missing</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was delivered to a house in Coogee in Perth's south, with AFP officers raiding the property on the same day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The package was found inside the house, along with a set of scales and a vacuum sealing machine.</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/home-invasion-st-marys-shots-fired-man-arrested/2aa7bbd1-2a25-4746-b2c6-449ce4863fab" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Shots fired in Sydney home invasion, man arrested</span></strong></a></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/perth-wa-ketamine-import-italian-men-jailed/73e489a4-3254-4567-bf98-4dcabb67efd2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An Italian man was charged and pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to traffic in a commercial quantity of ketamine, and one count of dealing with money suspected to be the proceeds of crime worth $100,000 or more.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 29-year-old appeared in Perth District </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/court" rel="" target="_blank" title="Court"><span>Court</span></a><span> last week, where he was sentenced to six years and eight months' imprisonment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He will be eligible for parole after serving three years and four months.</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/epstein-files-reveal-russia-connections-attempt-to-contact-vladimir-putin/237078e3-6e97-4c0a-a2a7-f383ebae9925" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Epstein's campaign to get inside the Kremlin exposed</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another Italian man was also charged for his role in the plot, and received a prison sentence of three years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities believe the pair are part of an alleged Spanish-based crime syndicate accused of trafficking drugs into Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Spanish law enforcement investigating the syndicate have charged several people in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/barcelona" rel="" target="_blank" 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