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Key evidence in drug case thrown out after judge rules police illegally opened private mail

Key evidence in a drug trafficking case has been thrown out after a judge ruled police in Tasmania illegally opened private mail in what has been described as a "reckless" breach of the law.

Tasmania Police were tipped off by an Australia Post employee in 2017, who had suspicions that illegal activity was occurring with parcels being sent to a home in the north-west city of Devonport.

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