Six Charged After Ship Caught in Alleged Cocaine Import

Six charged with trying to import tonne of cocaine on boat from Central America

Six men from Central and South America are facing the potential of life in prison for allegedly planning to import a tonne of cocaine into Australia on a boat that was stopped in French Polynesia.Police allege the boat, called the MV Raider, was modified so that it had three separate hiding places for drugs and other illegal goods specially built in to evade detection from authorities while at sea."It was custom-made purely for the importation o…

Six charged after ship caught in alleged cocaine import

Six foreign men are facing life imprisonment after their boat allegedly attempted to smuggle a ton of cocaine into Australia.

Secret tunnels used in plot to smuggle one tonne of cocaine into Australia, police say

Australian police have charged six crew members of the high-profile MV Raider vessel with drug smuggling, saying they attempted to bring 1 tonne of cocaine into Australia after being intercepted by French Polynesian authorities earlier this year.

Crew in court over bid to ship in 1 tonne of cocaine

Six crew of a merchant vessel have been charged over a bid to smuggle one tonne of cocaine into Australia. The five Hondurans and sole Ecuadorian are due to appear in NSW Bails Court today (March 30) charged with conspiring to import illegal drugs in commercial quantity. The Australian Federal Police allege that the six operated a 40m vessel, the MV Raider, that had been modified with three smuggling hides built into it. The AFP claim these hide…

Ship’s Crew Charged in Australia After Drug Intercept

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged six crew members of a merchant vessel following a joint investigation into an organised crime syndicate which allegedly imported one tonne of cocaine into Australia. It will be alleged the men…