A South Korean nationwide about to board a aircraft to Sydney has been arrested after safety workers at Melbourne airport allegedly discovered $370,000 in money in his carry-on baggage.
Australian Federal Cops had been referred to as to the airport on Thursday after the 29-year-old was stopped at a screening level.
He was arrested after failing to offer police with sufficient details about the cash in his bag, and later charged with one depend of coping with property fairly suspected of being proceeds of crime.
Police seized the money and the person’s cell phone.
The AFP’s Detective Appearing Superintendent Amanda Glover stated officers had been working continuously to ensure home and worldwide flights weren’t getting used as transit routes for prison actions.
“Unexplained sources of money are sometimes an indication of underlying prison exercise and the AFP has the flexibility to place individuals earlier than court docket to justify that wealth,” Det Supt Glover stated.
The person confronted Melbourne’s Magistrates Court docket on Friday and was granted bail after surrendering his passport to the police. His subsequent court docket look is June 9.
– AAP
