SYDNEY - A man has been arrested over an alleged attempt to import hundreds of firearm parts from the United States (US) into Australia.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) said in a joint statement on Friday that the 34-year-old man was stopped for an incoming passenger inspection by officials on arrival at the Brisbane Airport, Australia, from the United States on June 26.

Authorities said that the man was traveling with consignment details for nine packages later found to contain hundreds of individual firearm parts.

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All nine packages, which had been sent from the United States under false descriptions to addresses in the state of Queensland and the state of Victoria, Australia, were intercepted by the ABF and sent for forensic analysis.

The AFP will allege in court that the man planned to assemble the firearm parts in Australia and sell the weapons for 20,000 Australian dollars ($13,006) each.

He has been charged with nine counts of attempting to traffic in firearm parts. Each offense carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment.

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AFP Detective Superintendent Adrian Telfer said that the parts could have been assembled into more than 30 handguns.