Diver's body with more than 50kg of cocaine found on Newcastle port riverbank

[Pressurehead]

ABC Australia:

Diver's body with more than 50kg of cocaine.​

Search for extra 200kg of cocaine underway after diver 'left to die' in Newcastle

Police say they only found "a portion" of a cocaine shipment they estimate has a street value of $120m near the body of a diver on the banks of the Hunter River.

www.abc.net.au

 

[runsongas]

not actually the first time this has happened

Man Uses Rebreather To Smuggle Cocaine Into USA - The Scuba News

Evelio Padilla, 28, pleaded guilty to possession of and intent to distribute a controlled substance on Wednesday after attempting to smuggle 25kg of cocaine into the USA from Mexico in April using a rebreather to disguise the fact he was underwater. Padilla stands to face up to 20 years in...

www.thescubanews.com

 

[MaxE]

Clearly the issue is the certifying agency who’s instructor taught them do dive overweighted.

 

[Jonn]

The real crime is that clumsy sentence.

 

[lowwall]

At least they aren't jumping to any conclusions about the dead guy in a rebreather surrounded by packages of cocaine.

"We're not 100 per cent certain in saying this person was involved, but it certainly is something we're looking at."

 

[Stoo]

Maybe the cocaine was to be used as sorb.

 

[Jonn]

Maybe the cocaine was to be used as sorb.

When the nitrogen narcosis just doesn’t cut it any more…

 

[flyboy08]

Ankle weights.?

 

[clownfishsydney]

100 kg of coke now found. Said to be an "overseas professional diver".

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

It's really quite a tragedy. So sad to hear of such a loss.

50kg of cocaine is alot of fillibusters.