Couple of (relatively hot) Women Charged in $30M Drug Smuggle

TXSTYLE · 08-31-2016, 10:50 AM

Well.... Hope they enjoyed all those memories from this epic 2 Month Cruise. Because they now face LIFE imprisonment!

Women charged over $30 million drug smuggle; Instagrammed whole trip

http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/insta...omen-canadian/

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It was an Instagram-worthy trip that has ended badly for three Canadians in Australia.

André Tamine, 63, Isabelle Lagacé, 28, and Melina Roberge, 22, all from Quebec, have been charged with importing a commercial quantity of cocaine, according to the Associated Press.

95 kilograms (200 lbs) were seized by the Australian Federal Police on a cruise ship docked in Sydney on Sunday. Worth A$31 million ($23 million), it's the largest ever seizure of narcotics carried by passengers of a cruise ship or airliner in the country.

It could also land the trio with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, ending a halcyon-looking journey Down Under. Authorities aren't yet able to establish how the trio are connected, or where and when the drugs made their way onto the cruise ship.

The trio were on the MS Sea Princess, a cruise that began its two-month journey from England, according to the Toronto Star. It made several stops on the way in North America, the Caribbean and South America, a trip that's been covered in the social media accounts of Lagacé and Roberge.

Oddly, it looks like any other collection of holiday snaps on Instagram, whether that be frolicking on the beaches of the Pacific or standing on top of cliffs in Ecuador.

Australian authorities worked with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the New Zealand Customs Service and the Canada Border Services Agency in the operation, identifying the trio as "high-risk passengers."

"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," Australian Border Force Assistant Commissioner, Clive Murray, said in a statement.

The Toronto Star notes that Canadian cocaine traffickers had an interest in Australia, with seizures increasing in the country in recent years.

And for all of you Hound Dogs... Instagram handles have been omitted.

fecurtis · 08-31-2016, 10:54 AM

They didn't put much effort in hiding it.

Maybe they can be featured on that show "Locked Up Abroad".

MVEED3 · 08-31-2016, 11:05 AM

I just returned from an Aussie biz trip but missed that party.

Alfisti · 08-31-2016, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by MVEED3

I just returned from an Aussie biz trip but missed that party.

WHo did you fly with and what class?

TXSTYLE · 08-31-2016, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by fecurtis

They didn't put much effort in hiding it.

Maybe they can be featured on that show "Locked Up Abroad".

My thoughts exactly.

Rat3d ///M · 08-31-2016, 11:28 AM

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jgoens · 08-31-2016, 11:42 AM

Woaaah...hot chicks, bunch of blow and a boat. Doesn't get better than that.

The Choosey begger · 08-31-2016, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by fecurtis

They didn't put much effort in hiding it.

Maybe they can be featured on that show "Locked Up Abroad".

It's Australia, it's not bad.

The scary ones are where the hot chick gets locked up in a third world country shit hole. You know the poor girl will be molested by the male guards.

MKSixer · 08-31-2016, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jgoens

Woaaah...hot chicks, bunch of blow and a boat. Doesn't get better than that.

Add private jet FTW!!

EALm4 · 08-31-2016, 11:50 AM

zero fucks given by those two hotties

OutlawX3M · 08-31-2016, 12:02 PM

Why do I get the feeling there's a made-for-TV or Netflix movie in the works.....

Shame, they're about to waste the most precious thing we have, time (life).

EJT86 · 08-31-2016, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by fecurtis

They didn't put much effort in hiding it.

Maybe they can be featured on that show "Locked Up Abroad".

It was a stupidly simple idea but to be fair I've been on an international cruise out of the US and when I came back customs just took everyone's declaration forms and see ya later. No questions asked no inspections nothing just a guy with his hand out. Looking back I'm thinking of all the liquor and Cubans I could've brought back, cigars too

MVEED3 · 08-31-2016, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

WHo did you fly with and what class?

I don't see the relevance and you're coming off a bit stalker-ish.

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Originally Posted by EJT86

Looking back I'm thinking of all the liquor and Cubans I could've brought back, cigars too

My recent return through LAX customs involved sniffing dogs for baggage recheck.

larryn · 08-31-2016, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MVEED3

My recent return through LAX customs involved sniffing dogs for baggage recheck.

Do they mind when you sniff them?

Sidewinderpb · 08-31-2016, 02:58 PM

I'll take the one with the teeth..........and the blow.

Haywood · 08-31-2016, 03:24 PM

I hope they're better at banging than hiding drugs.

David0ff · 08-31-2016, 03:27 PM

These 2 light bulbs are from where I live

Alfisti · 08-31-2016, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MVEED3

I don't see the relevance and you're coming off a bit stalker-ish..

Calm down, zeeeeshhh.

I fly out on the 15th and have United business class but am carrying an infant and wanted to know if you saw and babies at the business class bulkhead, i.e. will i be the only idiot with one.

jtodd_fl · 08-31-2016, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

Calm down, zeeeeshhh.

I fly out on the 15th and have United business class but am carrying an infant and wanted to know if you saw and babies at the business class bulkhead, i.e. will i be the only idiot with one.

No. You will be in the company of other idiots. heh... I kid.

I have seen babies up there regularly. (Well, first class regularly, international business class about 50% of the few times I've flown that way.) #notballin'

MVEED3 · 08-31-2016, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by larryn

Do they mind when you sniff them?

Nice catch.

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

...am carrying an infant and wanted to know if you saw and babies at the business class bulkhead

In that case, I flew Virgin Australia and there were no infants in premium but I'd bring an infant in business regardless if anyone else was. Safe travels.

Haywood · 08-31-2016, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by David0ff

These 2 light bulbs are from where I live

More please...

Alfisti · 08-31-2016, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jtodd_fl

No. You will be in the company of other idiots. heh... I kid.

I have seen babies up there regularly. (Well, first class regularly, international business class about 50% of the few times I've flown that way.) #notballin'

K, never taken the ride in business before but scored it on points and really don't want to be that guy pissing everyone off if they paid market rate ($6K) for the seat.

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