Two of three Canadians charged with drug smuggling after Australian authorities found 95 kilograms of cocaine in their cruise ship cabin luggage apparently documented their trip adventures on social media prior to their arrest.
Andre Tamine, 63, Isabelle Lagace, 28, and Melina Roberge, 22, were arrested and charged Sunday after the MS Sea Princess cruise ship moored in Sydney, Australia. The confiscated cocaine was valued at US$23 million, and was the largest seizure of its kind in Australia.
Authorities said the Canadians had boarded the ship in Britain’s port city of Southampton.
But it appears two of the accused were having the travel adventure of a lifetime prior to their arrest. A series of tweets from what is believed to be Roberge’s Instagram account show her and Lagace in such places as French Polynesia, England, Ireland and Peru in recent weeks:
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