Man arrested over people smuggling in Perth
Posted on May 30, 2009 by by valerirojas
Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested an Indonesian man, in Perth for people smuggling offences.
The man was a crew member on board a vessel intercepted off Ashmore Reef near Darwin on 15 April 2009 and facilitated the entry of 47 people into Australia illegally.
The man will appear in Darwin Magistrates Court on Monday 1st June.
The maximum penalty for this offence is 20 years imprisonment or a $220,000 fine.
Tweet
Comments RSS Feed
1 Comment to “Man arrested over people smuggling in Perth”
"Leave a Comment"
Typeboard uses automatic spam filters, sometimes comments are sent to moderation
Please read our Code of Conduct
crew member? what happened to the Captain?
(Report comment)