Booysen, 28, yesterday pleaded not guilty in Melbourne Magistrates Court to a charge of importing a marketable quantity of cocaine into Australia. The Age.
When he arrived at Melbourne Airport from Los Angeles on March 4th, he told customs officers he had been to America for surgery for an Achilles injury from playing soccer. It being impossible to find a good orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne. His left foot was enclosed in a rather splendid moon boot. When it was removed there was about a kilogram of cocaine beneath his foot. Was that for pain control?
Mr Booysen maintained that he was as surprised as the officers to find that there.
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