Tag: drug smuggling
PNG judge says ‘no double standards’ – expat prisoners must do...
By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby
A senior National Court judge in Papua New Guinea has dismissed an expatriate prisoner’s request to have his sentence...
The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times
The revelation that police have carried out what is believed to be one of Fiji’s biggest...
Colombian drug lord’s capture a reminder of Tonga’s cartel links
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga
The arrest of Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, has re-opened deep seated concerns about...
Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New...
PNG arrested ‘black ship’ believed to be linked to K1.47bn cocaine...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean and Australian police have linked the “black ship” intercepted by the PNG Navy north of Kavieng,...
Four Papua New Guineans arrested in cocaine for Australia plot
Police Commissioner David Manning's media conference yesterday about the K200 million drug heist. Video: Loop PNG
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papuan New Guinea's massive drug haul...
Bryan Kramer: Background to the massive PNG drug heist and probe
By Bryan Kramer, Papua New Guinea's Minister of Police
Assistant Commissioner Lesa Gale of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) staged a press conference to announce...
PNG investigation tracks down K200m ‘biggest drug heist’ – pilot fined
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A combined investigation team seized more than K200 million ($80 million) worth of cocaine in the biggest drug heist in the...
Soldiers sent to Timor-Leste border for drug smuggling patrols
Three hundred and fifty Indonesian soldiers from West Kalimantan’s Tanjungpura Military Command have been assigned to keep peace along the border between Indonesia and...