US places sanctions on Australian man over alleged global narcotics trafficking role

Australian man David Jonathan Thackray is among 12 individuals and eight entities sanctioned by the US treasury department. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images

An Australian man has been sanctioned by the US treasury department over his alleged involvement in the global narcotics trade.

David Jonathan Thackray and a New Zealand national, Ho Kai Leung, were among 12 individuals and eight entities sanctioned by the department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) in an action it said was being taken against “global narcotics traffickers”.