More than 100 illegally imported guns still missing in Australia as fears grow they are in hands of underworld figures
FROM a tiny post office in suburban Sydney, three men made a cunning plan that police described as a “wake up call”.
This was the first imported gun found by authorities.
MORE than 100 guns that were illegally imported into Sydney through the mail five years ago remain unaccounted for and “could be anywhere” on the streets of Australia.
It’s all thanks to three men who managed to smuggle more than 130 “Glocks” — a brand of semiautomatic pistol — into Australia through an ingeniously brazen plot through customs and Australia Post.
Ever since their arrest in 2012, the three men have never given a statement to police.
Just 24 of the illegal guns, sold on the black market for a price tag of between $10,000-$20,000, have been located by authorities as Four Corners reporter Ben Knight warns “it’s not just Sydneysiders” that should be worried.
