BeagleOne Posted February 26, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I searched to see if this had been posted and didn't find anything. Looks like two of the smugglers will be in Australia for a looooong time. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5434317/Canadian-cocaine-smugglers-plead-guilty-drug-charges.html The source article is behind a paywall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satxdiver Posted February 26, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 26, 2018 The Aussies generally take a real dim view of smugglers so yes I imagine they are going to be guests for a long time. BTW I was able to read the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted February 26, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 26, 2018 They were looking forward to a long vacation. They succeeded. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted February 26, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I certainly hope that the Aussies give them at least a decade vacation. Looking at the Aussie Criminal Code they can get up to Life....because the quantity exceeds the "Large Commercial" which is 1 Kilo. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted February 26, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Thanks for sharing. People should not break the law. In Singapore it might have been a worse outcome. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted February 26, 2018 #6 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Two Canadian drug runners admit conspiring with their porn star friend in a failed attempt to smuggle four suitcases of cocaine worth $21million into Sydney on a round-the-world luxury cruise See, the newspaper recognizes that a cruise on Princess is a luxury cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeasley Posted February 26, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Reading the article was fine but the ads were a bit annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casofilia Posted February 26, 2018 #8 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Not in the same league but don't try taking meat, fruit or veges into Australia!!! Leave any edibles on the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted February 26, 2018 #9 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I certainly hope that the Aussies give them at least a decade vacation. Looking at the Aussie Criminal Code they can get up to Life....because the quantity exceeds the "Large Commercial" which is 1 Kilo. Hank The 2 key players got life. The 3rd person was a "mule" and got 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted February 26, 2018 #10 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I was told by a police officer that the group had a fourth member who (according to him) "got spooked and disembarked at an earlier port". It is obvious that the authorities knew the drugs were on board because Federal Police with dogs boarded the ship as soon as it docked in Sydney and went straight to the offenders' cabins. Most other passengers were not aware that this was happening. I feel a bit sorry for Captain Arma who was on his first assignment as Captain. I do not imply that he was responsible, but it was a situation he could have done without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted February 26, 2018 #11 Share Posted February 26, 2018 The 2 key players got life. The 3rd person was a "mule" and got 4 years. The drugs were in the cabin occupied by the two attractive young women. One claimed that she knew nothing about the drugs!!! The third person was an older man who was occupying a cabin on his own at the time of their arrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradiselivin1 Posted February 27, 2018 #12 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Makes me wonder what they're looking at when your luggage gets scanned.....that's a serious amount of drugs to hide! And they worry about you bringing alcohol on board? Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted February 27, 2018 #13 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Makes me wonder what they're looking at when your luggage gets scanned.....that's a serious amount of drugs to hide! And they worry about you bringing alcohol on board? Sigh... Guns, knives, explosives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted February 27, 2018 #14 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Another news report http://www.newsweek.com/instagram-star-admits-smuggling-cocaine-worth-millions-her-luxury-cruise-820466?utm_source=email&utm_medium=morning_brief&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=headline&spMailingID=2975975&spUserID=MzQ4OTU2MzcyNzcS1&spJobID=971215538&spReportId=OTcxMjE1NTM4S0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliair Posted February 27, 2018 #15 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Thank you for posting this, I was wondering what the outcome would be. They pilfered their lives away...so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliair Posted February 27, 2018 #16 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Guns, knives, explosives And, they give you a big a$$ steak knife in the steakhouse! Can I really be trusted with such a thing to cut my steak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted February 27, 2018 #17 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Thanks for sharing. People should not break the law. In Singapore it might have been a worse outcome. Keith Malaysia as well..... Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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