Melina Roberge (23) and Isabelle Lagace (28) admitted to smuggling cocaine worth $22 million across the globe, including New Zealand, and into Sydney. Photo / InstagramTwo Canadians have pleaded guilty to smuggling $22.5 million of cocaine on a cruise ship that entered New Zealand. "I feel remorse and anger at myself about being involved with people who are part of a dirty, filthy drug trade." According to the Daily Mail, Roberce's father became worried when his daughter told him she was embarking on a two-month, round-the-world cruise. United States border control agencies in Canada and colleagues in New Zealand had identified the three as high-risk travellers and suspected them of being part of an international drug trafficking cartel.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2018 21:00 UTC