Three Canadian cruise ship passengers were charged with drug smuggling Monday after Sydney police allegedly found 95 kilograms of cocaine in their cabin luggage. The haul valued at nearly $30 million was the largest seizure in Australia of narcotics carried by passengers of a cruise ship or airliner, Australian Border Force commander Tim Fitzgerald said. The three did not enter pleas when they were charged in the Sydney Central Local Court with importing a commercial quantity of cocaine. Police are investigating whether they boarded with the drugs or sourced them from one of several South American ports the ship visited on its way to Australia. Fitzgerald alleged 35 kilograms of cocaine were found in suitcases in a cabin the women shared and 60 kilograms of the drug were found in the man's luggage in a separate cabin.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2016 09:22 UTC