Aust, drugs law loophole found
NZPA-AAP Sydney A Canadian man who allegedly had 11kg of hashish when he was arrested at Sydney, Airport last July has been freed after exploiting an extraordinary loophole in Australian law.
Jocelyn Joseph Tailion, aged 29, was arrested on July 15 when Federal police and customs officers found 11kg of hashish valued about $300,000 in his luggage.
The case against him was dismissed in court in Sydney recently because he had not been importing the hashish in the true sense of the law. The case has uncovered a loophole in Australian law which allows drug smugglers to bring drugs into Sydney Airport without being arrested, provided
they are in transit and are catching another plane out of Australia.
Taillon allegedly had told the police he had bought the hashish in the East and was on his way back home to Canada when arrested. He was in the transit lounge at Sydney Airport and was not legally entering Australia. Because of this, Taillon was not importing the drug. He has since been deported to Canada, but cannot be charged with any offence by authorities there because the evidence has already been destroyed. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr lan Temby, Q.C., will make suggestions to the Federal Attorney-General on how the law can be changed.
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