Man may have been 'tricked into being drug courier'

Osman El-Houli may have been duped into going to pick up $141m worth of cocaine, his lawyer said. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Osman El-Houli told police a man called The Professor hired him for $10,000 to drive almost 3000km and collect bags of cash.

However, El-Houli may have been tricked by a syndicate aiming to pick up $141 million worth of drugs from a plane arriving from Papua New Guinea, his defence barrister says.