Narcotics Bureau
Federal Narcotics Bureau · Customs Narcotics Bureau · Commonwealth Narcotics Bureau · Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Australian Narcotics Bureau
December 1969 – November 1979
Drug law enforcement arm of the Commonwealth customs administration, which investigated the importation and trafficking of narcotics and other prohibited drugs.
How it came into existence
Set up in December 1969 within the Department of Customs and Excise, under the minister Don Chipp, as a specialist bureau for investigating drug importation and trafficking.
- Narcotics investigation and enforcement
Changes during its life
- 27 March 1975Came under the new Department of Police and Customs, formed from the Department of Customs and Excise and Commonwealth police functions.
- 22 December 1975Moved with customs to the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs.
- Drug law enforcement
The bureau was disbanded in 1979 and its drug investigation role passed to the AFP.
How it ended
Disbanded in early November 1979, a few weeks after the Australian Federal Police was formed on 19 October 1979; its federal drug law enforcement role and many of its officers passed to the AFP.
Main functions
- Investigation of drug importation and trafficking
- Enforcement of narcotics provisions of the Customs Act
- Drug intelligence
- Liaison with overseas drug enforcement agencies
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Business and Consumer Affairs.
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Sources
Government records and websites
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