Cocaine catamaran trial: drug syndicate member claims he twice offered Craig Lembke $500,000 payment

Updated October 2 2019 - 8:46am, first published 6:00am
Pictures: Simone De Peak

A DRUG syndicate member who claims he promised Craig Lembke $500,000 to sail a catamaran - which it turned out was packed with cocaine - from Tahiti to Lake Macquarie says he offered the Newcastle sailor and musician an additional $500,000 once he arrived at Toronto as an "enticement" to help unload the drugs off the boat.

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