These are external links and will open in a new windowPolice say a small plane that crashed shortly after take-off in Papua New Guinea had been overloaded with cocaine destined for the Australian market.Officers say the "greed" of the drugs gang played a part in their downfall.It is believed the Cessna had been carrying more than 500kg (1,100lb) of cocaine worth A$80m ($57m; £44m) when it crashed on Monday.Five men, all allegedly members of a Melbourne-based crime syndicate, have been arrested.In a statement, Australian police said the gang had been under surveillance for two years.
An air tanker has crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in Australia, killing the three people on board. NEW DELHI: Envoys from the US, Australia and Japan said they are deeply saddened to hear about the Air India Express accident in Kerala's Kozhikode and conveyed their thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. Divers recover bodies after seaplane nosedives into river and 'sinks rapidly' © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. "The AFP (Australian Federal Police) alleges greed played a significant part in the syndicate's activities and cannot rule out that the weight of the cocaine had an impact on the plane's ability to take off," The wreck of the plane was found abandoned and empty a short distance from the airfield. “We will have no place for those who think they could peddle drugs in this country.”Police say the bust will have a major impact on the supply of drugs on Australia’s eastern seaboard.The Australian Border Force assistant commissioner, Peter Timson, said the organisation remained resolutely focused on the protection of Australia’s borders to prevent illegal drug importation.“This particularly audacious attempt shows just how brazen criminal enterprises can be, but it also highlights just how effective the law enforcement response can be when we all work together,” he said.Manning said Australian and PNG police had a long history of working collaboratively to combat transnational crime.“These arrests send a clear message that PNG will not tolerate transnational crime syndicates using our nation as a transit point for illicit commodities intended for Australia,” he said. With a value in excess of $80m, it is the largest drug bust in PNG’s history.At a press briefing, Manning said the discovery of the cocaine was confirmation PNG was being used as a transit point by drug dealers.Two days after the crash, the Australian man alleged to have flown the plane into PNG, David John Cutmore, handed himself in to the Australian high commission in Port Moresby. [We] cannot rule out that the weight of the cocaine had an impact on the plane’s ability to take off.“We believe the PNG members of this criminal group assisted the pilot and retrieved the drugs from the plane,” he said.“Police are in possession of information related to the suspected PNG members of the group who have been involved in this criminal activity, including descriptions, unique features and tattoos.”The syndicate had allegedly prepared a truck with hidden compartments to transport the drugs south from Queensland.Late on Friday, Manning announced police – using sniffer dogs that detected traces of cocaine at the site of the plane crash – had uncovered 28 bags of cocaine weighing 500kg.
Four people have died in Australia after two planes crashed mid-air. “We will continue our joint efforts to see that those involved in PNG are brought to justice.” Five men have been charged in Australia and another man in Papua New Guinea after the bustA light plane crashes at an illegal airfield outside Port Moresby: the plane is registered to a dead man, there is no pilot, no passengers, no cargo.Days later, the biggest drug bust in Papua New Guinea’s history is made: more than 500kg of cocaine.An Australian man – in PNG without a passport – turns himself in at the high commission.Nearly a week after a Cessna 402C twin-engine aircraft crash-landed in mysterious circumstances at a makeshift airfield in scrubland at Papa Lealea on the outskirts of PNG’s capital, police believe they have uncovered exactly what the plane was doing, and why it had flown into the country.Police say they believe the plane was involved in an attempt to smuggle a massive quantity of drugs into Australia – so massive it may have crashed the plane – and is evidence that PNG has become a transit point for transnational criminal syndicates.In an operation involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Royal One Australian man has been charged with immigration offences in PNG but police say that further charges, related to the alleged drug importation, are expected to be laid against him.Police allege the Cessna twin-engine took off from Mareeba in Queensland on 26 July, flying illegally at just 3,000 feet above the ground all the way to PNG, in an effort to avoid radar detection.In a statement, police said it was alleged the pilot attempted to “collect drugs” between 1pm and 2.30pm, local time, on 26 July.The plane is believed to have crashed while attempting to take off, police alleging “greed played a significant part in the syndicate’s activities and cannot rule out that the weight of the cocaine had an impact on the plane’s ability to take off”.The PNG police commissioner, David Manning, said the drugs were then hidden. If convicted, they face life imprisonment.
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