Materials From 2018 Relating To Energy Devices Or Acoustic Weapons Seized At Points Of Entry Or Exit By The ABF ​

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The Australian Border Force seized one acoustic anti-personnel device (a "Sound Gun" PPP10-HP Phaser Pain Field Gun) at the Parcels Post Western Australia facility on 1 November 2019. The item arrived via registered mail from the USA and was detected on 30 October 2019 after referral by AQIS. The device was detained under file ADF2019/2445 and classified under Schedule 13 Item 5 legislation. No claim was made for the seized goods. On 30 December 2020, the National Claims Processing Section of the Legal Division determined the goods were forfeited to the Crown as condemned items and subsequently disposed of.