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Maureen Dettre

Arrest over cocaine diver's death in NSW

A man is facing charges over the death of a diver near 54kg of cocaine in the water at Newcastle. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

A man is facing more charges over the death of a diver who was found in the water at the Port of Newcastle near 54 kilograms of cocaine.

Police believe the 31-year-old Brazilian national Bruno Borges Martins was a drug mule who drowned while trying to retrieve about $20 million of bricks of cocaine from a ship or the ocean floor in May.

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