A jury has rejected claims a superyacht operator's son was merely helping his father run errands in a botched attempt to retrieve cocaine from the hull of a cargo ship.
James Lake-Kusviandy Blee, 24, plotted with his father James Lake Blee and two Brazilian divers to obtain a 57kg package of cocaine on May 9, 2022.
The drugs were concealed within the hull of the Arti Gr Majura which had transported soy bean meal from Argentina to the Port of Newcastle.