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- Cruise ships in Australia
are a pretty big business
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given we're an island nation.
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The cruise industry is huge
here, people love it,
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you know, you can jump
on a cruise ship in Sydney
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and pretty much go anywhere
in the world.
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- It was called a world cruise,
and every year,
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Princess Cruises
has a world cruise
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that goes from Sydney to Sydney
or Brisbane to Brisbane.
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- The Sea Princess Cruise
was luxurious, magical,
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nobody on board could've thought
that there was a major
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drug-smuggling operation
under way.
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- People in the organization
knew the ship cruised
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to the destination where
the order was placed,
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they had a contact there.
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They could've asked
for the quantity they wanted,
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it wasn't expensive.
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- We weren't told
many information,
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it was very unorganized,
but still, I wanted to create
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nice memories and try to make it
feel as normal as possible.
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- The two girls got on,
but at the same time,
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there were four guys
who got on as well.
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It was pretty obvious
that they knew them,
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but they seemed to keep their
distance which was really weird,
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I didn't quite understand
the dynamics
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of what was happening there.
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- We had a table reserved
for all of the cabins,
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so we used to have dinner
all together.
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(Pedler): When we went across
the Pacific,
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I can only remember
seeing three guys.
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As for the fourth, well,
he seemed to have disappeared.
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(Lagacé): So when we left
Nova Scotia,
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I realized that one man that
was part of the organization
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left the ship.
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- Michel Chiasson
gets off the boat
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and speaks to the coast guard.
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(♪)
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(Sher): Given that drug
trafficking is worldwide,
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police increasingly
are also trying to fight it
in a worldwide way.
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So you have Interpol obviously,
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you have strong connections
between police forces.
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Canada and Australia are both
part of the Commonwealth.
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So, it's quite normal
for somebody who's red-flagged
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in their home country
like Canada for that red flag
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to follow them as they travel
around the world.
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- And it started from there,
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I know they were following us
from then, but at that time,
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I should've really
just left the boat.
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- New York City, we met
like two street gangsters.
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I think I kissed one
when we went shopping
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and we ended the trip
at an Irish pub
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and we had a few
Jamesons there.
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They were cool,
they were cute guys.
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(♪)
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Bermuda, that was so nice to
finally reach some warm weather.
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- Bermuda was
absolutely beautiful
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and the waters are so blue.
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- We would get to certain ports,
we'd go on the buses,
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we'd go off and have a look
at all the tourist attractions,
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and then we'd actually
come back to the ship
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and you're off to the next port.
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And that's how it was.
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- Colombia, we went to Cartagena
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and I remember all the buildings
were very colourful.
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- It's pretty full on actually.
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Sometimes, you're looking
forward to a sea day to
have a rest.
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We call our sea days rest days
because you get a chance
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to just relax a little bit
because once you hit land,
100 miles an hour.
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(♪)
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- They probably had fun
at the start of it,
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they probably both thought,
"Oh this is my lucky day!"
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(Lagacé): There was two other
people who were part
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of the organization. What was
their role, I don't know.
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Perhaps they got asked
to embark the ship
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after the crisis in Nova Scotia
with the Canadian authorities.
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I don't want to elaborate
on any other people
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who allegedly were part
of the organization.
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(♪)
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- When you do the cruise,
you get into a routine.
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It's like our breakfast,
our lunch, our dinner,
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our shows and the girls
got into a routine as well.
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You'd see them
in the cafeteria together.
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You'd see 'em getting their
photos taken on the main stairs.
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- Together.
- Together.
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- But it wasn't too long
before they became
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the topic around the ship
for everybody.
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They started becoming
known as "the girls".
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- People tend
to talk and they would say,
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"Why would they be
on this cruise?
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Why this one, why didn't they
do one of the cruises
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more designed
for the young people?"
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- I mean, the whole thing
was strange.
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There were so many strange
factors, you know.
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They had these beautiful glasses
that they were putting...
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that the waiters would put
the wines in,
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so we said to the waiter,
"Why can't we have
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those same glasses?"
And he was like,
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"Ah, you can, but you have
to spend so much money
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before you can
actually do that."
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It was like... We're not going
to spend that much money
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on wine and champagne, but they
did it night after night.
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So, there was some really
strange things happening.
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- No one really spoke to them,
but everyone had a theory.
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All kinds of theories
as to why the girls were there.
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Aw, they're not so good,
like working girls, perhaps.
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- You know, I'm here
to move some drugs so,
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I would prefer at the time,
I would prefer that they think
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I was a call girl than a drug
smuggler, you know.
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(♪)
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- And you know,
it was a very expensive cruise
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so there might've been an
assumption that they might not
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have been able to afford it
on their own
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unless they were part
of the sex industry.
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- The girls turned heads.
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They were always taking photos
of themselves.
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And my understanding
was that they pretty much
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recorded everything
on social media.
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- She's always
on her goddamn phone.
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They're all on their
goddamn phone.
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- Melina, she wanted to be
everywhere.
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I mean, like, I was following
her on Instagram
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as ex-colleague
and I was like, wow,
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you know, she's really
living the life, you know,
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lots of pictures in bikinis.
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- And the way they documented
the whole trip,
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it did look like they were
actually enjoying themselves
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and having, you know,
a trip of a lifetime.
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- I, personally, I had fun.
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You know, our nights back
at the cabin,
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a little bit tipsy
and just taking weirdo selfies
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with Snapchat filters, we had
good laughs together.
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- But on the other hand,
here they were as part
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of an international criminal
enterprise and, you know,
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it's kind of like hiding
in plain sight.
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- If the organization is larger
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and trying to track
where are the drugs,
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seeing these photos of women at
all these different destinations
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is a way to know where their
drugs are on a boat, right?
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With location stamps
and time stamps, right?
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So it was a...
maybe an insurance policy
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for the higher-ups
in the organization.
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- If you want to be posting
whilst perhaps endeavouring
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in a criminal activity,
the severity of what was
occurring perhaps
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was a bit lost on them.
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(♪)
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- To take all the Instagram
photos, I guess that was a way
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for them to not think about it.
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So, it was a way for them
to say, "Here's all we're doing.
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We're just on a holiday."
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And through repeating
that action, I think,
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they started to believe the lie
that they were creating.
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They, I guess, thought that
nothing was going to happen.
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(laughs)
- Aw, Alex.
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We were texting a lot,
I think he developed
a little bit more...
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emotions towards me because
I wasn't there, you know?
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You always miss
what you don't have.
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- We were really looking forward
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to my return so we could be
together, but um...
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That's really weird
because when I look back,
I was not really stressed.
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For me, failing
was not an option.
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I was money focused,
I had a mission.
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I was there to do that and
it would work, you know.
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(♪)
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I don't know, it's really weird.
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Is it like,
a self-defence mechanism
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to not be stressed at all?
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I don't know, but yeah,
I wasn't really stressed.
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I was really thinking that
I would come back home.
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In my head, it would work and...
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I was trying to stay positive,
but yeah, too positive.
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- And I'm like, "Are you okay,
are you sure everything's fine?"
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"Yeah, yeah, no worry, Auntie,
everything's fine."
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I'm like, "Girl, like, are you
sure that everything's fine?"
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"Yeah, everything is fine."
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I go, "Okay, you come
back now, quick."
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And she's like, "Yeah,
no worries, blah-blah."
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She didn't come back right away.
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- Peru, yes, we remember that.
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- There was Inca ruins
that we went and saw.
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- Yes, and that was
extremely interesting.
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- The parts of Peru
that we've seen were very poor,
very dry, very dusty.
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- Lima's very dangerous
in that area.
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There were buses
that took you into town
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because a lot of people
get mugged, basically.
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- It's one of the most dangerous
city in the world I heard.
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- When it comes to cocaine
most people think immediately,
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"Colombia" and that's true,
it's big,
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but there are basically
three countries in that region
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that are huge coca producers.
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Colombia, Bolivia and Peru.
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(♪)
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- Peru is a place where
you can go into the Andes,
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produce drugs,
be basically left alone
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and you just get to the water,
put it on a boat
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and make your money.
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(crickets chirping)
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- No.
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No, I did not, I was not taking
part of that.
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I did not.
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We were aware
that that destination
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was the destination
for the drugs,
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but it was not going to be
in our cabin yet,
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so, we just continued the trip.
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Just stayed out and enjoyed
the streets of Peru.
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(dance music)
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We went with the cruise staff.
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We went to eat,
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and we stopped at a bar as well,
had a little party.
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Had way too much to drink.
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We were completely drunk,
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I remember doing a lot
of Snapchat stories,
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laughing and living
our best life.
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(suspenseful music)
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(Lagacé): We came back late,
her and I,
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almost missed the ship
over there.
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(beeping)
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They had security at the gates,
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they were shut and um, I had
to beg the security guy.
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To let us in.
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I think he made like
a phone call to the captain
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or something and he ended up
saying, "Okay, you're lucky."
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It could've been the end of
the whole operation, you know?
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(♪)
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- So, you have
this amazing product
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that can make you a fortune.
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Now, where are the users?
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The users are over the world,
but the biggest markets
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are in America, Canada,
Australia, Europe.
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So, the same product you got
for pretty cheap
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from Peru or Colombia,
you can make a nice fortune
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in Canada or New York,
but you might be able to make
a killing in Australia.
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- People pay here a lot more for
drugs than what they would
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in other parts of the world.
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The police will tell you it's
around about 300 to 350 dollars
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a gram and there's prices being
paid of up to 450 dollars.
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So, they're always looking
for new ways to bring it in
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because it's just so profitable.
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(♪)
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-The most traditional way
has always been through
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shipping containers
because we're obviously
an island nation,
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but in recent times,
crime groups and cartels
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have been trying to become
a bit more inventive
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with how they can get
cocaine into Australia
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and avoid the authorities.
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This was sort of a new way that
I hadn't really heard of before.
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Especially 95 kilograms
of cocaine.
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(dramatic music)
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- Whoever set the girls
in motion knew that.
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That ships would be
the best place to smuggle
your drugs through.
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Getting back on the ship
after being in port,
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they weren't really
that diligent with checking
what you're bringing in.
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- Yeah, the security
was not really doing
any security, really.
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They were just putting
the bags into an X-ray,
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not even really checking,
to be honest.
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I think that's why
they decided to do it that way,
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because it was so loose.
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Like loose security. Hmm.
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- You weren't supposed to bring
on wine or anything alcoholic.
272
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- Well, you're allowed one
bottle each of wine.
273
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- I would walk on with four bags
274
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and you could hear
the wine clinking.
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The bottles clinking,
but no one ever stopped me
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and said, "You can't do that."
So, you know...
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- That's a cruise.
- Yeah.
278
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(suspenseful music)
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(Reporter): From sunrise
to sunset and every hour
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in between, Australia's big blue
border is being guarded.
281
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- Australia treats its border
security very seriously.
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It's a big political issue,
from time to time.
283
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They're quite harsh
when it comes to the laws
around drug importation.
284
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- I didn't know jack shit,
to be honest.
285
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I wasn't aware that they spend
so much money on security.
286
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It was beginning
to be a bit stressful.
287
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You know, after Peru.
But you know, the more hours
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approaching Sydney,
the more it was obviously
nerve-racking,
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but in the beginning,
I wasn't really thinking
about that.
290
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I was just trying to enjoy
the cruise as much as I can.
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(upbeat music)
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Tahiti, Papeete that was
the most beautiful destination.
293
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And there was another stop
as well, and I really wanted
to get a tattoo there,
294
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so, I ended up getting
this hand tattoo
295
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and the artist was amazing.
296
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That's the only thing
I don't regret about the trip.
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(laughing)
298
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(Reporter): Lagacé claims
she handed her room key
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to a mystery man the night
before the ship docked here
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in Sydney and he placed
the drugs in her bag.
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She says she was assured
the next step would be easy
302
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because a woman of her age would
not be stopped in customs.
303
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- She knew something
was put in there that
shouldn't be in there.
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She didn't know how much it was
305
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and there was no
fingerprints on the bag.
306
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So, it's not like
they had opened up the bag
307
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and looked at it
and made themselves aware.
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It was almost like,
they were willfully blind
where they thought,
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if I don't look at it,
if I don't think about it,
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it can't hurt us,
but in the end,
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it still came back
to bite them anyway.
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(dramatic music)
313
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- New Zealand...
where I realized that
we were being followed.
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When we disembarked,
they were searching the bags
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and I remember...
(chuckling)
316
00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:15,986
There was a gentleman
and he really looked at us
317
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from far away and I realized
that at that time,
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that's really weird.
And when he grabbed my bag,
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he really looked at me
and started searching,
320
00:19:23,195 --> 00:19:25,755
still looking at me
and he had so much attitude
321
00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:28,731
and I was like,
"That's weird, you know."
322
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There's a lot of little
tiny things that happened
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that I realized afterwards
and I was like,
324
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"Oh, okay, yeah,
that makes sense now."
325
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Of course, we were being
followed.
326
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(dramatic music)
327
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- I think it's almost like
you're swimming across a river
328
00:19:43,749 --> 00:19:46,289
and you get halfway, there's
no point in turning back.
329
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If they bailed out, that
would've been suspicious too.
330
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I think they had to um... take
a deep breath and keep on going.
331
00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:56,826
- The night before
we arrived at Sydney,
332
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I had a dream
where I was being caught.
333
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It's like my intuition
was telling me, you know?
334
00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:05,140
And it's so weird,
but it happened.
335
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,814
I was in a car
in the backseat
336
00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:11,943
and the car had a sharp turn,
and then the door opened
337
00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:13,650
and all the gear
fell on the ground,
338
00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:16,322
and then we got arrested
because of that.
339
00:20:16,848 --> 00:20:20,118
So, it was like a premonition,
a little bit.
340
00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:25,923
I realized that night that,
you know, after I got arrested
341
00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:29,091
that my intuition
is so strong that I really
gotta follow my intuition more
342
00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:31,001
and listen to myself more.
343
00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,733
If something's not right,
it's probably not right.
344
00:20:37,936 --> 00:20:39,636
- I was already there.
345
00:20:39,705 --> 00:20:42,335
I was just...
Where, where would I have gone?
346
00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:45,837
I'm on a ship,
should I just jump off the ship
347
00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:47,611
and start swimming,
you know what I mean?
348
00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:50,449
I wanted the money
and I believed that,
349
00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:52,015
you know, it's make or break.
350
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I was there, I said, "Yes,
I'm just going to do it."
351
00:20:55,487 --> 00:20:57,587
And then, I went
to have breakfast
352
00:20:57,656 --> 00:21:02,386
and that's when the border force
entered the restaurant
353
00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:05,001
and I knew it was it.
It was over.
354
00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,432
(suspenseful music)
355
00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:14,070
(Reporter): Where cruise ships
stop in Sydney
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is the international
passenger terminal
357
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which is right next
to the Harbour Bridge.
358
00:21:17,843 --> 00:21:20,713
So, it was almost like
the last picturesque stop
359
00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:24,019
of their Instagram journey,
which was the Harbour Bridge,
360
00:21:24,082 --> 00:21:26,122
but they didn't get a chance to
take any photos, I don't think,
361
00:21:26,184 --> 00:21:27,624
'cause they were arrested.
362
00:21:32,724 --> 00:21:34,964
- That morning, we'd packed
all our bags,
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we were getting off in Sydney.
364
00:21:38,063 --> 00:21:41,673
Were in the coffee shop
waiting for our numbers,
365
00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:45,803
so we could go and leave,
and catch our flights
366
00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:51,841
back to Brisbane.
And all of a sudden,
the ship just changed.
367
00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:53,410
(♪)
368
00:21:55,414 --> 00:22:00,424
- So, Sydney morning,
people are starting
to disembark the ship.
369
00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:04,185
Uh... I went upstairs at the
buffet to eat my breakfast.
370
00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:07,826
- Where we were sitting
was near the elevator
371
00:22:07,893 --> 00:22:11,403
and I turned to see a dog
372
00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:15,073
and I realized,
"Oh, this is the drug squad."
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00:22:15,133 --> 00:22:19,603
You know there's trouble when
the drug squad are on board.
374
00:22:19,671 --> 00:22:23,541
- Ah, when I looked up,
there was border force
375
00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:28,908
coming in from both exits 'cause
I was facing the exit and um...
376
00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:32,880
They proceeded to ask us
377
00:22:32,951 --> 00:22:36,421
for our cellphone and identity.
378
00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:40,130
(Lagacé): Yes.
379
00:22:40,926 --> 00:22:44,296
Yeah, we were almost the only
one in the restaurant as well,
380
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,703
so, yeah, of course,
I knew it was for me.
381
00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:48,195
(dramatic music)
382
00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:53,114
They asked us to follow them
to the cabin
383
00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:56,041
and then there were people
with dogs.
384
00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:59,408
The dogs sat next
to the luggage.
385
00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:01,848
They asked if it was my bed,
I said, "Yes."
386
00:23:01,913 --> 00:23:04,053
And they asked if it was
my luggage and I said, "Yes."
387
00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:07,786
I didn't know
the combination so,
388
00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:13,063
they just cut it open
to find about 30 kilograms
of cocaine in my luggage.
389
00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,225
(suspenseful music)
390
00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:20,528
It's like an out-of-body
experience, to be honest.
391
00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:24,199
I was not really in the room,
I was just, you know...
392
00:23:26,638 --> 00:23:29,838
And I really wanted
to stay strong for her as well
393
00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:33,078
because she was just...
hysterical.
394
00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:36,715
So, I was just trying to stay
in control of my emotions,
395
00:23:36,782 --> 00:23:39,822
just to be strong for the both
of us as well, you know.
396
00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:44,316
- Here's these two young girls
on the ground,
397
00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:46,789
yelling, screaming,
crying, begging.
398
00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:49,288
Saying, "It wasn't us,
it wasn't us."
399
00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:51,701
And I think it upset
a lot of people
400
00:23:51,763 --> 00:23:55,333
that they couldn't help
the girls or you know...
401
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,540
- It was like, "Oh, they're part
of the family."
402
00:23:57,602 --> 00:23:59,942
- Yeah.
- Like, we're like a big family
403
00:24:00,005 --> 00:24:01,435
on the cruise ship.
404
00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:04,314
- At 7:10 in the morning,
405
00:24:04,376 --> 00:24:08,206
the police launch a raid and
it's with military precision.
406
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,320
They go straight
to the cafeteria,
407
00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:12,452
they pick up Melina
and Isabelle,
408
00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:16,657
go to their room and they find
30 kilos of cocaine.
409
00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:20,091
Next, they make their way
to the room of André Tamine,
410
00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:23,828
and there, there's 60 kilos
of cocaine.
411
00:24:23,895 --> 00:24:25,795
(♪)
412
00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:36,484
- Even the staff, like,
the staff... the ship staff,
413
00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:38,381
they didn't know
what was going on...
414
00:24:38,443 --> 00:24:40,283
- Yeah, you could tell
they didn't know.
415
00:24:40,345 --> 00:24:41,875
- They didn't know
and they were trying
416
00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:43,577
to get information
to sort of tell us.
417
00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:45,779
It was chaos.
418
00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:48,351
(dramatic music)
419
00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:51,990
- The whispers were happening
at a thousand miles an hour,
420
00:24:52,057 --> 00:24:53,987
so I was like, "Wow, that...
Everything starts
421
00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:57,929
to make sense now.
Of course, that's what was
happening, you know."
422
00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,596
Yeah, they did just not fit in.
423
00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:03,699
- That's like if you give up
424
00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:05,768
and you're just like,
"Yeah, fuck it."
425
00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:08,907
It's over, you know,
just let it go.
426
00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:11,114
(♪)
427
00:25:12,110 --> 00:25:16,650
- I saw the Border Patrol guys
actually leaving the ship
428
00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:19,815
and we were queued waiting to go
through immigration
429
00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:23,355
and these three huge guys
came through,
430
00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:26,321
and in between was one
of the girls in handcuffs.
431
00:25:26,391 --> 00:25:29,461
The girl, she was crying
and mascara running
432
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:32,798
all down her face,
not very pretty at all.
433
00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:36,604
- I think they had been led
to believe that it would be easy
434
00:25:36,668 --> 00:25:38,868
or that there wasn't
really a risk
435
00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:41,037
or they would just have
to take a holiday.
436
00:25:41,106 --> 00:25:43,036
So, I think it was quite
a shock for them
437
00:25:43,108 --> 00:25:46,108
to actually be arrested,
and then to go to court
438
00:25:46,177 --> 00:25:49,177
and actually think,
"Wow, we're going to jail."
439
00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:53,048
I don't think that had crossed
their minds at all.
440
00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:55,918
- It's pretty weird like,
441
00:25:55,987 --> 00:26:00,327
how you react in situations
like that, like, you never
really lived.
442
00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:02,192
You don't know
until it happens to you,
443
00:26:02,260 --> 00:26:07,370
how you're going to react
and I strangely stayed
very calm and...
444
00:26:07,432 --> 00:26:10,472
There was no point in screaming
and kicking, you know?
445
00:26:10,535 --> 00:26:14,665
They will find the drugs
and you're going to go
to prison so...
446
00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:18,008
+Yeah.
447
00:26:19,377 --> 00:26:23,417
And then they handcuffed us
and brought us to the Feds.
448
00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:27,417
(dramatic music)
449
00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:34,933
(Reporter): Just as
the Sea Princess birthed
450
00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:38,903
in Sydney Harbour,
Australian Border Force
officers boarded,
451
00:26:38,964 --> 00:26:42,534
went into the cabins where these
suitcases were locked.
452
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:45,901
- Automizer or trace technology
was used to scan
453
00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:50,081
the outside of those suitcases
and as a result, um,
454
00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:52,741
a number of tests came positive
for the presence of cocaine.
455
00:28:02,313 --> 00:28:03,923
(laughing)
456
00:28:12,557 --> 00:28:15,827
- Two Canadian women and a man
are behind bars.
457
00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:22,134
- This is the biggest
seizure of narcotics
458
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,340
through a passenger stream,
so either through the airport
or cruise ships.
459
00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:35,748
- Melina Roberge
and Isabelle Lagacé.
460
00:28:35,814 --> 00:28:37,254
- Isabelle Lagacé.
- Isabelle Lagacé.
461
00:28:37,315 --> 00:28:38,675
- Isabelle Lagacé.
462
00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:43,050
- Meet the worst cocaine
smugglers of all time.
463
00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:46,789
Not our fault, though.
464
00:28:53,331 --> 00:28:55,301
(phone ringing)
465
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:10,723
- I was fucking mortified.
466
00:29:12,183 --> 00:29:13,793
(sighs)
467
00:29:13,852 --> 00:29:17,892
- Isabelle Lagacé was a drug
courier in disguise.
468
00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:36,779
(phone buzzing)
469
00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:41,942
- So what usually happens
is you're taken to police cells,
470
00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:44,676
so since they were arrested
at the Harbour Bridge,
471
00:30:44,742 --> 00:30:47,652
they probably would've been
taken to the Surrey Hills
police centre.
472
00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:50,722
Then, you usually face court
within a day or so.
473
00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:53,052
- We stayed there for like,
three or four days.
474
00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:55,117
I don't remember really,
because you lose track of time,
475
00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:57,756
you don't have time,
you don't have a watch,
you don't have a phone.
476
00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:01,432
And we got there
and it was just concrete beds
477
00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:05,962
and there was no mattresses
and no... nothing to cover up.
478
00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:09,030
And before bed, I remember
officers throwing us like,
479
00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:10,570
two mattresses, at least.
480
00:31:10,635 --> 00:31:13,035
'Cause they could've left us
there, sleeping on there so,
481
00:31:13,104 --> 00:31:14,874
they were kind enough
to give us that.
482
00:31:18,409 --> 00:31:21,049
(soft music)
483
00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:28,285
The first person I called
was my ex-boyfriend, Alex.
484
00:31:28,753 --> 00:31:33,563
Um... I wasn't ready
to face my dad, I think.
485
00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:35,963
- Hm.
486
00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:40,498
- I don't know I didn't feel
comfortable calling him,
487
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,865
and um, I called Alex.
488
00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:45,742
(♪)
489
00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:47,967
- And yeah, it was pretty weird.
490
00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:50,172
I thought that was prison.
491
00:32:50,234 --> 00:32:52,704
Nobody is telling you anything,
you don't know what's going on.
492
00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:54,670
What's... You can't ask
questions, nobody cares,
493
00:32:54,739 --> 00:32:57,109
so, yeah, it was pretty weird.
494
00:32:57,175 --> 00:32:59,535
I had to wash my underwear
in the sink.
495
00:32:59,610 --> 00:33:02,810
It took a long time too before
we could take a shower.
496
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,380
I had to ask, I didn't even
know if I could.
497
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:08,220
I remember we had no sandals
and we were barefoot,
498
00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:11,056
so would had to walk on...
Ugh, it was gross.
499
00:33:11,122 --> 00:33:13,292
So gross, there was shit
everywhere on the wall.
500
00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:17,858
- Those cells are very rough
and primitive.
501
00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:20,059
It's... There's no comfort.
502
00:33:20,131 --> 00:33:24,041
- A big contrast
with the luxurious world cruise
503
00:33:24,102 --> 00:33:27,242
I was just in, you know?
A couple of days ago.
504
00:33:27,305 --> 00:33:30,065
- Three Canadians have been
refused bail after allegedly
505
00:33:30,141 --> 00:33:33,711
trying to smuggle in 95 kilos
of cocaine on a cruise ship
506
00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:35,408
docked in Sydney.
507
00:33:58,603 --> 00:34:03,013
- "She did that and she's in
Australia and what the fuck,
508
00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:05,314
what can I do,
what can we and..."
509
00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:09,906
I was just crushed and I just
wanted to save her.
510
00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:12,051
Of course, I wanted
to go down there
511
00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:14,346
and pay whatever amount
of money and...
512
00:34:30,668 --> 00:34:32,298
(suspenseful music)
513
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,768
- So, they took me
to maximum security.
514
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,640
It's called Silverwater
correctional centre.
515
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,450
They call it as well Mulawa.
516
00:34:41,512 --> 00:34:42,812
I think it's
the aboriginal name.
517
00:34:43,948 --> 00:34:45,718
It's pretty impressive,
at first.
518
00:34:45,783 --> 00:34:48,693
You are in a truck,
you don't really know
519
00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:51,593
where you're going,
it's cold, it stinks.
520
00:34:51,656 --> 00:34:54,026
It's all metal.
521
00:34:55,426 --> 00:34:57,426
Your handcuffs hurt.
522
00:34:58,129 --> 00:35:00,599
You don't need to tie it that
much, I'm not going to run.
523
00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:04,065
And then, yeah,
we entered the reception area
524
00:35:04,135 --> 00:35:06,665
and there is a lot of cells
and the officer
525
00:35:06,737 --> 00:35:09,467
was asking me questions
and it was like a jungle.
526
00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:11,580
The girls were screaming,
they recognized us.
527
00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:16,881
I wasn't aware of the high
media attention
528
00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,748
that the case had at that time.
529
00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:22,016
I thought it was maybe
in Canada only.
530
00:35:22,086 --> 00:35:24,086
They were like, they had smiles,
they were like,
531
00:35:24,155 --> 00:35:25,455
"Woo, I love your shoes!"
You know?
532
00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:28,863
Like fans, in a sense,
it was pretty hectic.
533
00:35:33,531 --> 00:35:39,271
So Mulawa is a prison
where all kinds of felons
534
00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:42,867
just mix up because everybody
is awaiting sentence.
535
00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:46,510
- Usually, those places
are more comfortable
536
00:35:46,577 --> 00:35:48,577
than the police station cells,
537
00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:51,816
but they have to expect
to spend months
538
00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:54,753
if not years in custody
539
00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:58,319
before the matter is finalized.
540
00:36:00,258 --> 00:36:02,688
- And I remember
that first time that officer
541
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,160
opened the door
and it would reek,
542
00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:09,070
it was smelling so bad.
It was like the worst cell
and I was like,
543
00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:10,333
"Oh my God, it stinks."
544
00:36:10,401 --> 00:36:12,471
And she's like,
"Welcome to Australia."
545
00:36:13,638 --> 00:36:16,708
I don't know, maybe she was
hoping to say that.
546
00:36:16,774 --> 00:36:18,784
I felt like she wanted
to say that so bad,
547
00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:20,683
and then she closed the door
and locked it.
548
00:36:23,714 --> 00:36:25,324
(door buzzer)
549
00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:30,323
Your brain doesn't comprehend
just yet that you're locked up.
550
00:36:31,289 --> 00:36:33,459
So, I was still dreaming
that I was free,
551
00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:36,494
and then I would wake up
and be like, "Shit, okay no.
552
00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:39,831
I'm here, this...
this is it, you know?
553
00:36:39,897 --> 00:36:41,467
I'm not going to go out."
554
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:43,830
(soft music)
555
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:57,950
- Life.
556
00:36:58,015 --> 00:36:59,715
As prescribed.
557
00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:01,394
(dramatic music)
558
00:37:05,189 --> 00:37:07,329
- Yeah, I just felt sorry
because I've been going
559
00:37:07,391 --> 00:37:09,331
through that with many
of my clients
560
00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:13,903
and I know that it would be
a very long journey for them
561
00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:18,035
from the time of their arrest
until finalization,
562
00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:20,442
and after, and then
the publicity,
563
00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:24,414
and I was just hoping that
they get good representations.
564
00:37:24,475 --> 00:37:25,975
It makes a big difference.
565
00:37:26,711 --> 00:37:29,011
(♪)
566
00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:32,154
(upbeat music)
567
00:37:32,216 --> 00:37:34,086
- So there was an arrest
in the morning.
568
00:37:34,151 --> 00:37:36,091
The following morning,
the information was brought
569
00:37:36,153 --> 00:37:39,393
to my attention as I was at that
point living in Australia.
570
00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:42,387
I was a solicitor, lawyer,
as you would call it,
571
00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:44,530
in Australia,
practising there.
572
00:37:44,595 --> 00:37:47,665
It was the morning after that
I made my way down to Sydney.
573
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:52,073
When I arrived,
there was a line-up
574
00:37:52,136 --> 00:37:54,666
of other Australian lawyers
and solicitors.
575
00:37:58,376 --> 00:38:02,706
- Oh my goodness,
it's, it's... tantamount
576
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:04,780
to used-car salesmanship
almost at times,
577
00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:06,719
on these big cases,
but at that moment,
578
00:38:06,784 --> 00:38:11,824
you really saw the um, you know,
the business side of the law.
579
00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:17,729
I panicked a bit, wanting to,
at that point in my life,
580
00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:21,125
secure, you know, what would
be a case of some note.
581
00:38:21,198 --> 00:38:24,198
Dug into my briefcase
at the time
582
00:38:24,268 --> 00:38:26,238
and pulled out my Canadian
passport and yelled
583
00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:29,014
to the security guard,
"I'm a lawyer from Canada,
584
00:38:29,073 --> 00:38:31,113
I just landed. I need
to see a client."
585
00:38:31,175 --> 00:38:33,905
(chuckling)
And as such, they put me
586
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:35,278
to the front of the line.
587
00:38:35,346 --> 00:38:38,376
And I was able to speak
to Isabelle first.
588
00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,722
- It was weird because
what are the odds
589
00:38:43,788 --> 00:38:48,588
that a French-Canadian lawyer
is actually in Australia.
590
00:38:55,032 --> 00:38:57,272
- The first thing that actually
jumped in my mind was,
591
00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,365
"I wonder if they speak
English?"
592
00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:02,007
(soft music)
593
00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:05,143
I hope they're not here stuck
594
00:39:05,209 --> 00:39:07,709
and there's a huge
communication barrier.
595
00:39:07,778 --> 00:39:11,018
- I did not understand
a word they were saying.
596
00:39:11,082 --> 00:39:13,222
- Not our language,
it's our slang.
597
00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:14,994
(laughing)
598
00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:19,290
- They like the sound of it,
but they don't understand us.
599
00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,527
- Yeah.
- And my hearing is bad as well,
600
00:39:21,592 --> 00:39:24,532
on top of their accent
that I was not familiar with.
601
00:39:24,595 --> 00:39:28,695
So, I remember an officer
asking me if I was suicidal
602
00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:31,566
and he had to repeat like,
three or four times
603
00:39:31,635 --> 00:39:34,165
and I remember him
doing that like...
604
00:39:34,238 --> 00:39:36,208
"Do you want to?"
And I was like,
605
00:39:36,273 --> 00:39:38,413
"No, that's fine.
I don't want to kill myself."
606
00:39:38,476 --> 00:39:40,476
They have to ask that.
607
00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:48,250
- It was a moment of um,
608
00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:51,259
I would say heightened stress
for Isabelle.
609
00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:55,532
The gravity of the situation had
already hit home quite heavily.
610
00:39:56,427 --> 00:40:02,127
However, I was quite surprised
at her disposition
611
00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:07,169
which I know now
is a cover for, you know,
612
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:08,838
a lot, of course,
as you can imagine,
613
00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:10,006
enormous sleepless night.
614
00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:11,684
And so, you know,
615
00:40:11,742 --> 00:40:14,152
she covered it well
at the beginning, for sure.
616
00:40:14,211 --> 00:40:16,251
(♪)
617
00:40:16,313 --> 00:40:18,923
You know, I looked at it
also from a vantage point
618
00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:21,993
that I still came back
to Montreal to visit family.
619
00:40:22,052 --> 00:40:24,662
You know, it's an expensive
thing for family members
620
00:40:24,722 --> 00:40:26,992
and friends to come
give you support.
621
00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:29,987
Which is really important
at that time, you know,
622
00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:31,830
some 20,000 kilometres away.
623
00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:38,135
- He was flying quite often so,
624
00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:42,012
he was willing to meet
with my family and my father.
625
00:40:42,072 --> 00:40:44,812
Just to discuss things that,
you know, you can't really say
626
00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:47,975
on the phone and I think
it was really reassuring
627
00:40:48,045 --> 00:40:52,175
for my family to know that
I'm in good hands with him.
628
00:40:52,249 --> 00:40:54,149
(♪)
629
00:40:54,218 --> 00:40:59,588
- So, the legal system
is very harsh on drug.
630
00:40:59,657 --> 00:41:03,387
The Australian authorities
and government are...
631
00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:08,901
have a zero tolerance and
there's a war on drugs here.
632
00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:10,896
- It's extremely severe.
633
00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:13,368
Australia's a serve place
when it comes
634
00:41:13,437 --> 00:41:17,577
to punishing criminality
as opposed to my knowledge
635
00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:21,611
of Canadian law and...
There is a severity there.
636
00:41:23,547 --> 00:41:28,147
- So Louis met me right before
committal and he told me like,
637
00:41:28,219 --> 00:41:31,859
"We should definitely show
intention of pleading guilty
638
00:41:31,922 --> 00:41:37,292
because going to trial,
we wouldn't really have much
chance to win."
639
00:41:37,361 --> 00:41:39,101
(soft music)
640
00:41:41,532 --> 00:41:45,342
And then, I would have
to point a finger and stuff
641
00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:48,912
and that was not something
that I was willing to do so,
642
00:41:48,973 --> 00:41:51,043
I was like,
"Yep, let's do this."
643
00:41:51,108 --> 00:41:53,238
(♪)
644
00:42:13,697 --> 00:42:16,627
- She was starting
to become really distant
645
00:42:16,700 --> 00:42:19,070
and she was going to meet
her lawyer and coming back,
646
00:42:19,136 --> 00:42:20,696
"So what did you discuss?"
647
00:42:20,771 --> 00:42:23,141
You know, and she was like, "Hm,
uh, I don't really know. So."
648
00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:24,277
(suspenseful music)
649
00:42:24,341 --> 00:42:26,141
- It was part of the game plan.
650
00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:28,010
We kind of knew that
at certain points,
651
00:42:28,078 --> 00:42:31,048
these are the points of
contention that could arise.
652
00:42:31,115 --> 00:42:34,175
We knew there was
a facture coming.
653
00:42:34,251 --> 00:42:35,891
We definitely did.
654
00:42:36,921 --> 00:42:38,621
(♪)
655
00:42:40,524 --> 00:42:44,734
- There was many stories
calling her a porn star.
656
00:42:44,795 --> 00:42:48,825
- You are sentenced
to a term of imprisonment.
657
00:42:48,899 --> 00:42:50,529
- It was such a betrayal.
658
00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:52,201
Yeah, I felt betrayed.
659
00:42:52,269 --> 00:42:52,339
- Prison is another planet.
660
00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:21,697
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