A Queensland superyacht owner no longer stands accused of unlawfully killing a scuba diver, but has pleaded guilty to smuggling him into Australia.
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Police documents tendered in court say on that on May 9 last year, Bruno Borges-Martins' body was found floating near 54 kilograms of cocaine bricks in the Port of Newcastle.Blee also pleaded guilty to people smuggling, relating to Mr Borges-Martins and another Brazilian, Jhoni Fernando Da Silva, whose whereabouts was unknown.
Borges-Martins' body was found floating in Newcastle Harbour 12 days after the men entered the country. Mr Lake-Kusviandy Blee pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting his father to import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug and dealing with more than $100,000 in proceeds of crime money.A charge against him of supplying a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug was withdrawn.
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