From earlier this year:
Three men who deny involvement in the attempted importation of $73 million worth of drugs into Western Australia told police they were sailing around the remote Abrolhos Islands because they were on a "boys' trip" to snorkel, fish and "drink a few beers" together.
They all denied knowing the two men who were found on the same island as the drugs.
Then:
Posted April 26, 2022
British man Jason Lassiter, American Scott Jones and Angus Jackson from New South Wales were found guilty after a lengthy trial earlier this year.
Palmer, who was arrested on the island along with Dicenta, pleaded guilty earlier this month.
The court was told Dicenta and Palmer had picked up the drugs on August 27, 2019, at Richards Bay in South Africa where they were loaded onto the yacht from another vessel.
In what was a series of bungles that plagued the importation, Dicenta appeared to have accidentally recorded the moment the drugs were taken on board on his mobile phone.
Abrolhos Islands drug-smuggling trial told men were on drinking trip when boat ran aground
Posted Wed 9 Feb 2022 at 8:23amWednesday 9 Feb 2022 at 8:23am, updated Wed 9 Feb 2022 at 4:26pmThree men who deny involvement in the attempted importation of $73 million worth of drugs into Western Australia told police they were sailing around the remote Abrolhos Islands because they were on a "boys' trip" to snorkel, fish and "drink a few beers" together.
They all denied knowing the two men who were found on the same island as the drugs.
Then:
Antoine Dicenta pleads guilty as details from Abrolhos Islands drug-smuggling trial come to light
By Joanna MenaghPosted April 26, 2022
British man Jason Lassiter, American Scott Jones and Angus Jackson from New South Wales were found guilty after a lengthy trial earlier this year.
Palmer, who was arrested on the island along with Dicenta, pleaded guilty earlier this month.
The court was told Dicenta and Palmer had picked up the drugs on August 27, 2019, at Richards Bay in South Africa where they were loaded onto the yacht from another vessel.
In what was a series of bungles that plagued the importation, Dicenta appeared to have accidentally recorded the moment the drugs were taken on board on his mobile phone.