Claims that a grandfather was unaware a foldable camp bed contained illicit drugs despite being offered millions to bring it into Australia have been rejected by a jury.
Border Officials stopped Barry James Calverley at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Laos via Vietnam on January 24, 2024.
He was carrying a green bag containing a camp bed with a mosquito net, which had 48 packages of heroin hidden within the metal frame.
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The 70-year-old was found guilty of one count of importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug by a NSW District Court jury today.
Jurors returned the verdict after deliberating for just over eight hours.
They were told at trial that Calverley was offered $10 million to bring the camp bed from Laos to Australia.
Commonwealth prosecutor Sheridan Goodwin told the jury the total weight of pure heroin within the bed was around 2.5kg.
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In late 2023, Calverley received an email stating that a payment of more than $14 million was waiting for him.
This was reduced to $10 million after he was directed to pick up some documents in the Laotian capital of Vientiane and return with a "gift" to someone called the "paymaster general" in Sydney.
He claimed he thought the money offered was compensation after he had been conned out of $260,000 in 2022.
He will face a sentencing hearing on April 22.
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