In 1996, NSW Customs intercepted a horse-drawn carriage filled with 12 kilograms of cocaine. Police tracked the shipment to gather intel on a Sydney drug ring. Cocaine, marijuana and heroin importations became more common in the late 1980s, making their way to the streets of Melbourne and Sydney. Veteran detective Nigel Phair used customs surveillance to gather intelligence on the ways criminals were smuggling drugs into Australia. Ex-cop Nigel Phair talks about investigating drug importations on the Crime Insiders podcast: … Continue reading How Police Use Fake Drugs To Track Illegal Shipments