00:00A 31-year-old woman was charged at Perth International Airport
00:03with allegedly importing drugs inside a bottle of body wash.
00:08Border Force officers allegedly found the liquid inside a body wash container,
00:12which was identified as 50 grams of butanediol.
00:16Police warn that butanediol is an extremely dangerous chemical solvent
00:20that the body converts to gamma-hydroxybutyrate, GHB, when ingested,
00:26and just a few milligrams can result in death.
00:29The French national was returning from Thailand on May 29, 2026.
00:35She was charged with one count of importing a marketable quantity of border-controlled drugs
00:41and will appear in Perth Magistrates Court on June 26, 2026.
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