The Minister for Human Services, Chris Bowen MP, and Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor MP, reminded Australians travelling overseas to be careful when packing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) drugs following a joint operation targeting illegal exports of taxpayer-subsidised medication that resulted in the confiscation of pills. Officers from Medicare Australia and Customs and Border Protection have scanned outgoing mail and baggage for excess amounts of PBS drugs during the recent two week operation and have confiscated more than 300 pills... 

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