Carlos Davide Ferreira-Sampaio, 45, of Portugal, and Matthew Luke Hodder, 31, of Melbourne, Australia are jointly charged with conspiring to import cocaine into New Zealand. One of two men accused of diving to retrieve cocaine from a ship berthed in Dunedin has denied conspiring to import the class A drug. Carlos Davide Ferreira-Sampaio, 45, of Portugal, and Matthew Luke Hodder, 31, of Melbourne, Australia, each face a maximum sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment. They were arrested after allegedly smuggling cocaine into New Zealand, via a vessel berthed at Port Otago. Hodder was remanded in custody to reappear on November 17, while Ferreria-Sampaio was remanded in custody to reappear on January 20.

Source: Stuff November 04, 2022 09:59 UTC