Three Canadians Caught in $30 Million Drug Bust on Cruise Ship in Australia

Three Canadians Caught in $30 Million Drug Bust on Cruise Ship in Australia
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Two women and one man were arrested on Sunday for smuggling over $30 million worth of cocaine into Australia on a cruise ship.

Canadian nationals Melina Roberge, 23, Isabelle Lagacé, 28, and Andre Tamine, 63, were apprehended on Aug. 28 after a search of passenger cabins on the MS Sea Princess cruise ship by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers and detector dogs uncovered over 200 pounds of cocaine packed in suitcases.

The recovery marks the largest amount of drugs seized off a cruise vessel coming into Australia, said the ABF.