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| Subject: OZschwitz gulag: Two innocents arrested on 'people smuggling' charges Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:31 pm | |
| A police raid on a house linked to the people smuggler Ali Khorram Heydarkhani, jailed for organising the boat wrecked off Christmas Island killing more than 50 people, has led to the seizure of $40,000 and a Sydney woman being charged with dealing with the proceeds of crime.
The Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Steve Lancaster said the woman, an Iranian-born Australian citizen, was charged by summons after the discovery of the cash and is due in court next month.
''The single charge relates to $40,000 seized during a police search warrant on a residence linked to a convicted people smuggler,'' Mr Lancaster said. Advertisement
He revealed at the government's weekly briefing on its Operation Sovereign Borders that the 34-year-old woman and another Iranian asylum seeker who had been held in Villawood Detention Centre had been charged with separate people smuggling related offences.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/two-arrested-on-people-smuggling-charges-20131025-2w6fb.html#ixzz2in85L27O |
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