A man who allegedly stashed about five kilograms of heroin in chocolates and tried to smuggle it through Sydney airport has been denied bail.
Mohammad Reza Kaveh, 41, applied for bail at Sydney's Central Local Court on Thursday but it was denied by Magistrate Les Mabbutt.
The court found there was an unacceptable risk Kaveh would "fail to appear at any proceedings for the offence" and might "commit a serious offence" if released from custody.
The Australian citizen was arrested and charged on Wednesday at Sydney airport.
After arriving on a flight from Singapore, his bag was scanned and "multiple bags of chocolate ... displayed inconsistencies," NSW Customs boss Tim Fitzgerald said.
"Initial testing of the chocolates returned positive results for heroin. The exact weight and purity of the heroin will be determined at a later date."
Kaveh will spend more than a month in custody before he faces Central Local Court on September 17.
He's due to appear via audio visual link, on one charge of importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug.
If convicted, the maximum penalty Kaveh faces is life imprisonment, Customs and the AFP said.
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