According to a release by the Australian authorities it revealed that two Canadian ladies Melina Roberge andIsabelle Lagacé age 23 and 28 respectively, have been on a dream world wide cruise, but were arrested on Monday by the police in Australia.
The report further added that the authorities said they allegedly found approximately 95 kilograms of cocaine in the suitcases of the two friends and another Canadian man, 63-year-old man, Andre Tamine who was travelling with them when they arrived in Sydney on a cruise ship.
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According to the Daily Telegraph, the drug was valued at $30 million Australian dollars, which is about $22 million in U.S. dollars.
Sydney morning Herald reports the trio were intercepted on the 51st day of a 68-day cruise on the Sea Princess. The Star states authorities were prepared to search the ship when it arrived in Sydney after a joint investigation which included the Canadian Border Service Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
They were aboard the MS Sea Princess cruise. With tickets sold for about £8,500.
The women had spent the past two months cruising around the world and documenting their lavish holiday on their public Instagram accounts. According to Facebook accounts that appear to belong to them, Lagacé was a waitress at a Longueuil bar and Roberge was a manager at a Montreal jewelry store. According to their Instagram accounts, they began their adventure on July 9 in Southampton, England.
Clive Murray from the Australian Border Forces said they apprehension came after work alongside US and Canadian authorities.
“These syndicates should be on notice that the Australian Border Force is aware of all of the different ways they attempt to smuggle drugs into our country and we are working with a range of international agencies to stop them.”
The man and the two ladies have been charged with importing drugs and are due in court this week and now face life imprisonment if convicted of drug smuggling in Australia, where cocaine prices are among the highest in the world.