- Keenan Mickley, 48, and Taj Mickley, 23, are behind bars
- Police watched on as they allegedly tried to retrieve cocaine
- Medication have been allegedly despatched from Vietnam, arrived in August
An accredited NRL participant agent and his son have been arrested after allegedly making an attempt to smuggle 50kg of cocaine price $16million into Australia.
Police watched on as Keenan Mickley, 48, and Taj Mickley, 23, allegedly tried to take away the medication from a generator imported from Vietnam at an industrial tackle on Sydney‘s northern seashores final month.
What the pair did not know was that the cocaine had already been seized by authorities.
‘Officers at Port Botany recognized anomalies in an industrial generator throughout a routine inspection of sea cargo from Vietnam,’ an AFP spokeswoman mentioned.
‘Upon additional examination of the equipment, Australian Border Pressure officers recognized a powdered substance which returned a presumptive studying for cocaine.’
Police allowed the generator to be transported to the economic complicated in Cromer, the place Mr Mickley – who additionally works as a mortgage dealer – had allegedly leased the economic property.
The daddy and son have been arrested on the scene on September 30 and each have been charged with trying to own a industrial amount of border-controlled medication.
‘Police additionally allegedly discovered proof the person made abroad money transfers to a identified felony facilitator, and lately travelled to Vietnam,’ the AFP mentioned in a press release.
Accredited NRL participant agent Keenan Mickley (pictured) and his son Taj have been arrested after allegedly making an attempt to smuggle 50kg of cocaine price $16million into Australia
Taj Mickley (pictured) was additionally charged with trying to own a industrial amount of border-controlled medication
Police will allege the medication arrived in Australia from Vietnam hidden in a generator (pictured)
The daddy and son additionally bought two angle grinders from Bunnings in an alleged bid to extract the medication from the generator
In keeping with his LinkedIn web page, Keenan Mickley turned an NRL agent just below a 12 months in the past (pictured, AFP officers arresting one of many pair)
‘On September 30, AFP officers allegedly noticed the 48-year-old and his son, 23, trying to entry a compartment within the generator the place the medication had been hidden.’
In keeping with his LinkedIn web page, Mickley turned an NRL agent just below a 12 months in the past.
‘I am proud to announce, that I’m now an NRL Accredited Gamers Agent,’ he posted.
‘Trying ahead to guiding some younger rugby league gamers to hopefully and ultimately realise their dream of enjoying within the NRL and NRLW.
‘Preserve an eye fixed out for Seashores Sports activities Administration.’
Mickley can be mentioned to be the principal of LJ Hooker Residence Loans Northern Seashores.
On-line, he labelled himself as a ‘long run space native’ who possesses ‘a powerful understanding of the Northern Seashores property market’.
Police enquiries into the syndicate are persevering with.
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