Gatto's son-in-law guilty of attempting to smuggle Mexican cocaine in Xerox copiers

Danny Awad and his wife Sarah GattoOn Thursday, a County Court jury found him and another man, John Tambakakis, 35, guilty of their involvement in the May 2017 drug importation racket, after Customs detected 10 blocks of cocaine with a street value of up to $12.4 million hidden inside five printers.

Sarah Gatto's husband Danny Awad has been found guilty of trying to take possession of cocaine from Mexico. The cocaine, which was hidden in a consignment of 5 Xerox multifunction printers, was intercepted by customs.The cocaine, hidden in a consignment of Xerox printers, was scheduled to be delivered by DHL, but was instead intercepted by customs officers, who called in the police.

Police said the printers were then moved using a rented Budget truck and Kia van to various other locations across Melbourne’s north over the next two days.“Once the consignment was in the [Airport West] warehouse, Awad and Tambakakis used an electronic scanner in an attempt to discover any surveillance devices hidden in the consignment. Awad had with him a vacuum sealer and plastic bags, to be used to repackage the cocaine,” the prosecution openings read.

Items seized during the police search including an electronic scanner used to seek out listening devices, a vacuum sealer and plastic bags.Photographs taken by the Australian Federal Police show bricks of cocaine wrapped in brown paper wedged in the printer paper trays.

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