2 Canadian Women Accused of Smuggling $22 Million in Cocaine into Australia on Cruise Ship
 

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Mélina Roberge and Isabelle Lagacé spent their summer travelling to some of the world's most idyllic vacation destinations -- from Tahiti to the cliffs of Bermuda to Peru -- on a two-month luxury cruise around the globe, costing approximately $20,000 per-person. The globe-trotting duo documented their escapades on Roberge's Instagram account. For two women in their twenties, it looked too good to be true.

And in this case, it appears it was.

When the Sea Princess, the cruise facilitating the women's travels, docked in Sydney Sunday, it was greeted by Australian Border Protection officers and detector dogs. The officers searched the ship's 2,000 cabins and say they discovered 95 kilograms (209.4 pounds) of cocaine packed in locked suitcases.

The haul has been valued at $31 million Australian (approximately $22 million U.S.). It was Australia's largest seizure of narcotics carried by passengers of a cruise ship, Australian Border Force commander Tim Fitzgerald said.

Roberge, 22, and Lagacé, 28, are charged with importing a commercial quantity of cocaine. Another individual, André Tamine, 63, who had some of the cocaine in his possession, was arrested and charged as well. All three are natives of Quebec, Canada. They will remain in custody until their next court appearance on October 26. The maximum penalty if convicted of this offense is life imprisonment.

The women first boarded the extravagant cruise ship, two months ago in the U.K. and visited 11 countries, many in South America, including Colombia and Ecuador, before reaching Sydney. The drug bust was a massive international law enforcement operation, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, that was tracking this ship. The seizure of drugs disrupted the supply of cocaine to Sydney and beyond, according to Australian Federal Police Superintendent Conrad Jensen.

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drugs and sluts .. not a good partnership

Damn those Canadians

that's a huge haul! OMG, long prison sentence coming for these two mules :2 cents:

These hot chicks thought they could get away with it!
But yeah, Australian customs is pretty tight especially on those cruise ships.

gee 22 mil.,

Met this girl a couple times before here in Montreal.

Fun fact, she's actually on one of our sites:

Izabel's Profile - Flashy Babes

Crazy ...

Sounds like a nice vacation. I'll have to look into the Princess Cruise Line. Sounds a lot less 'Stuffy' that P&O whom I usually cruise with. (Compulsory) Formal attire most nights is a pain in the ass, while you are in the heat of the Caribbean etc

Nice catch.

Porn responsible for drug smuggling ..... :Oh crap

( /jk)

Hot french quebecer chicks :thumbsup

You guys got some nice coverage on the web from Journal de Montréal. Hope it paided off a bit :thumbsup

"Two-month luxury cruise around the globe, costing approximately $20,000 per-person"

Isn't that bad :2 cents: You will spend more $ on flights and hotels with out cruise.

Sounds like a nice cruise. Might like to do that one, without the drugs of course.

Nice coke whores !!!

Nuts!!!!

Interpol should have popped them in Indonesia where government gives death penalty to drug smugglers. Ausies will let them out in 2 years.

Cant get past those dogs:helpme

That's what I call crack revenue :-)

Quebec represents !

Life imprisonment should keep them off the streets...

The 60 year old guy at least had some great parties on that boat

I see nothing wrong with a little flow & blow down under :1orglaugh They were just being polite by sharing their drugs with our commonwealth brethren 🇨🇦 ❄️ 🇦🇺

#OhCanada #sharingiscaring