Grandpa guilty, not gullible over heroin import plot
A grandfather's claims he was duped after being offered $10 million to import a heroin-lined camp bed from Laos have been roundly rejected by a jury.
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$10m lured gullible grandpa into heroin plot, jury told
Offered $10 million to bring a camp bed "gift" from Laos to Australia, a grandfather stopped at the airport says he did not know he was carrying illicit drugs.
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Accused heroin-smuggling grandad refused bail again
A man who allegedly smuggled about 5kg of heroin in a camping stretcher and used the excuse of being scammed by criminal syndicates has been refused bail again.
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