Eel farm asset of drug chemical suspect
A COUPLE’S unexplained wealth including Lidcombe, Telopia and Campsie homes have been sucked into a continent-spanning investigation involving Hong Kong customs, more than 100kg of drug precursor chemicals sent by international mail, and an eel farm.
Yunjuan Zheng, 48, and her husband Shenqi Zheng, 55, came under the scrutiny of the Australian Federal Police because of their alleged links an investigation targeting the flow of drugs and precursor chemicals from China to Australia.
In a years-long court battle which has gone all the way to the High Court, the Adelaide couple have fought against AFP efforts to have their properties and a bank account containing more than $500,000 frozen.
Federal police allege the couple had more than a million dollars of unexplained wealth enter their accounts in just over a year. Court documents outline allegations NSW-based couple Yunhui Xue Longqin Zheng monitored the packages as they entered Australia. Xue was jailed for the importation of 11kg of precursor chemicals. Yunjuan and Shenqi Zheng were allegedly linked to the scheme through their daughter’s contact with suspects in NSW.
Shenqi Zheng’s assets included a stake in a Fuqing eel farm worth an estimated $360,781.