Drug-smuggling sentence 'a warning': Australia

The Australian Government said today the jailing of a British man for smuggling the drug Ecstasy would send a powerful message that Australia was not an easy target for drug traffickers.

Philip Campbell Grimwood received a 14-year prison sentence yesterday for attempting to smuggle 1.5 million Australian dollars (£460,000) worth of Ecstasy into Perth, the capital of Western Australia, in February, Justice and Customs Minister Chris Ellison said.