Border closures fuel truckies as drug runners

Sally Whyte
Updated February 2 2021 - 3:11pm, first published 12:00am
Trucking and courier companies have been used to run drugs across borders, the NSW Crime Commission says. Picture: Shutterstock
Trucking and courier companies have been used to run drugs across borders, the NSW Crime Commission says. Picture: Shutterstock

State border closures created difficulties for organised crime groups to move illicit drugs during the pandemic, with an increase in trucking and courier companies being used to move drugs, the NSW Crime Commission says.

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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