Cocaine catamaran trial: jury will retire to begin determining the fate of sailor Craig Lembke

By Sam Rigney
Updated October 18 2019 - 9:50am, first published 9:00am
SEIZURE: Police removing the 700 kilograms of cocaine from the Skarabej on November 15, 2017. A jury will retire on Friday to begin deliberating in the trial of sailor, musician and accused drug importer Craig Lembke.
SEIZURE: Police removing the 700 kilograms of cocaine from the Skarabej on November 15, 2017. A jury will retire on Friday to begin deliberating in the trial of sailor, musician and accused drug importer Craig Lembke.

IT is a case about 700 kilograms of cocaine, a 13-metre catamaran, the journey of a lifetime from Tahiti to Toronto and an international drug syndicate that uses the code names "Black Prince", "Spider Wizard", "Scarecrow" and "Brisk Eagle".

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