Jeff Fenech unwittingly received packages containing drugs from alleged US trafficking group, court documents claim

Packages allegedly sent to former Australian boxer and others were intercepted by federal police, US affidavit says. Fenech has not been charged, and his lawyer says he is not a suspect for any criminal offences

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The Australian boxing champion Jeff Fenech was the unwitting recipient of packages containing narcotics as part of an alleged drug trafficking organisation that operated between Los Angeles and Australia, according to US court documents.

No charges have been laid against him and his lawyer maintained he was not a suspect for any criminal offence.

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