Two women from Europe who had transited through Fiji by sea have been caught in Papua New Guinea with 15.02kg of cocaine.
They are believed to be drug mules and were apprehended at the Jackson’s International Airport in Port Moresby while trying to board a plane for Sydney on December 7.
PNG Customs Chief Commissioner David Towe said the drugs could have been sold for $6.2 million on the streets in Australia if PNG Customs had not detected and seized the illegal cargo.
He said the two foreign nationals, both female, are Portuguese passport holders aged 20 and 23 respectively.
Reports suggest they had travelled by sea from Europe to Los Angeles, then to Sydney and Fiji, before arriving in Papua New Guinea around December 2, 2024.
