SYDNEY (AP) - A Canadian woman has told an Australian court that her only role in a plot to smuggle cocaine worth $16 million into Sydney was to make the luxury cruise ship operation look like a vacation.
Three Canadians have pleaded guilty in the New South Wales state District Court to smuggling 95 kilograms (209 pounds) of the drug in their luggage in a seven-week cruise in 2016 from Britain to Ireland, the United States, Bermuda, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Chile then Australia.
Melina Roberge appeared in the court for a sentencing hearing on Wednesday.
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A date for the 24-year-old to be sentenced will be set next week.
Isaballe Lagace has been sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison for her part and Andre Tamine will be sentenced in October.
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