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Miklos Bolza

'Greedy' smuggler reveals why coke import turned deadly

James Blee has admitted importing cocaine in an operation that led to a Brazilian diver's death. (Justin Brierty/AAP PHOTOS)

A superyacht tour operator told police an 84kg cocaine importation turned out so badly because the two divers sent to retrieve the drugs, one of whom drowned, could not speak English.

James Blake Blee, 64, was recruited into the criminal enterprise after meeting a man in Bali in February 2022 and seeing him later in Dubai to discuss the plan.

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