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91-year-old faces drug charges

A 91-year-old retired surgeon, Victor Twartz, has been charged with importing cocaine hidden in soap into Australia, prompting police to warn travelers to beware they are not tricked into becoming drug mules. The retired oral surgeon faces a potential life prison sentence if he is convicted of importing 4.5 kilograms of the drug into Sydney Airport on a July 8 flight from New Delhi. A search of Twartz's luggage found 27 packages of soap that tested positive for cocaine, police said.