According to ABC News, Arbon told authorities he had been given the bag by a Nigerian man in Brazil named "Anthony Lambert''. The court heard Arbon told authorities he was taking the suitcase to India "as a favour'', and he had checked it and believed it only contained clothes. Border Force officer Christopher Brown told the court Arbon had claimed he was trying to organise a loan of $US120,000 with a Nigerian man named "Doctor William Johnson'' who had approached him via the internet, ABC reported. Arbon said he had intended to sign some loan documents in India, but told a Border Force officer he was to meet "Dr Johnson'' in Sydney for this. The Border Force officer said Arbon told him of a previous occasion when he brought two suitcases from India to Perth, to be collected by two men of Indian descent.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 29, 2017 05:15 UTC