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International drug lords are using Sydney high school students to bring precursor drugs and narcotics into Australia, authorities say.International drug lords are using Sydney high school students to bring precursor drugs and narcotics into Australia, authorities say.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Acbps) is warning parents and principals across Sydney's inner west about overseas crime syndicates offering school students hundreds of dollars for the use of their “clean” home addresses. The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) is warning parents and principals across Sydney's inner west about overseas crime syndicates offering school students hundreds of dollars for the use of their “clean” home addresses.
Illegal substances are allegedly being hidden in items such as motorbike helmets or LED lights, posted to the students' homes and then passed on to Sydney-based members of the syndicates.Illegal substances are allegedly being hidden in items such as motorbike helmets or LED lights, posted to the students' homes and then passed on to Sydney-based members of the syndicates.
Two teenagers are already facing possible charges, the Acbps says.Two teenagers are already facing possible charges, the Acbps says.
The two high school students were allegedly paid a few hundred dollars to accept parcels containing an illegal substance and then to pass on the packages.The two high school students were allegedly paid a few hundred dollars to accept parcels containing an illegal substance and then to pass on the packages.
One of the parcels allegedly contained 4kg of the illegal precursor substance ephedrine – enough to produce $250,000 worth of the party drug “ice”.One of the parcels allegedly contained 4kg of the illegal precursor substance ephedrine – enough to produce $250,000 worth of the party drug “ice”.
Acbps NSW regional director Tim Fitzgerald said criminals are approaching students over Facebook, Twitter and even at their schools. ACBPS NSW regional director Tim Fitzgerald said criminals are approaching students over Facebook, Twitter and even at their schools.
"The promises that the syndicates give these students in a lot of instances is that because of their age, they won't be held legally responsible and that's completely incorrect," Fitzgerald told the ABC on Monday."The promises that the syndicates give these students in a lot of instances is that because of their age, they won't be held legally responsible and that's completely incorrect," Fitzgerald told the ABC on Monday.
He said students seemed to be chosen at random, and both public and private school students were targeted.He said students seemed to be chosen at random, and both public and private school students were targeted.
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