But Australian authorities say the Canadian women were secretly moving $22 million in cocaine aboard a globe-trekking cruise ship, leading to the biggest narcotics haul ever recovered from such a vessel, ABC News reported. The Quebec women’s reported two-month world cruise came to a screeching halt on Sunday when the MS Sea Princess docked in Sydney and Australian Border Force officials raided their cabin with drug-sniffing dogs. Australian Border Force A cruise ship raid by Australian Federal Police on Sunday in Sydney allegedly recovered 209 pounds of cocaine in passengers' suitcases. The astonishing twist followed weeks of lavish Instagram travel photos the women posted showing them riding ATVs, bathing in turquoise oceans, sipping on drinks in coconuts, and taking in New York City’s Times Square. “These syndicates should be on notice that the Australian Border Force is aware of all the different ways they attempt to smuggle drugs in our country and we are working with a range of international agencies to stop them,” Australian Border Force Assistant Commissioner Clive Murray said in a statement.

Source: Huffington Post September 01, 2016 21:15 UTC