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

[Pressurehead]

Police believe there were two divers involved in trying to collect cocaine from a bulk carrier in the Port of Newcastle.

Key points:​

• It is not known where the second diver has gone after the operation
• The scuba diver who died at the scene has been identified and police believe he may have traveled from South America
• Police believe they have only recovered part of the cocaine shipment

 

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Police believe there were two divers involved in trying to collect cocaine from a bulk carrier in the Port of Newcastle.

Key points:​

• It is not known where the second diver has gone after the operation
• The scuba diver who died at the scene has been identified and police believe he may have traveled from South America
• Police believe they have only recovered part of the cocaine shipment

So only a 50% fatality rate. Still, aspiring diver-smugglers may wish to reconsider their career path.

 

[chris kippax]

I could not think of a more disgusting place to dive in Australia.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

I could not think of a more disgusting place to dive in Australia.

Especially with all that cocaine and dead body in the water.

 

[chris kippax]

Especially with all that cocaine and dead body in the water.

They would be the least of the issues. I would be more concerned with the hexavalent chromium

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

They would be the least of the issues. I would be more concerned with the hexavalent chromium

You know I have to look that up, right?

Nope. Didn't help.

 

[chris kippax]

It’s a major export harbour with from memory one of the largest coal hubs in the southern hemisphere’s. The company Orica was fined for a chemical spill in the area around 2010. That was the “reported” chemical.
It was also a massive steel works for a long time, one can only imagine what has been spilt in that harbour.

 

[formernuke]

The fish were jumping in Australia.

 

[lermontov]

cocaine smuggling- is that a new speciality?

 

[Pressurehead]

Man allegedly linked to dead cocaine diver arrested trying to board international flight

A man allegedly linked to the death of a diver — along with the discovery of millions of dollars worth of cocaine in Newcastle this week — is arrested while trying to board an international flight in Cairns.

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