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Quebecer accused of smuggling cocaine in Australia drops bail bid

Melina Roberge (left), Isabelle Lagacé (right) and Andre Tamine (not pictured), were arrested last year for allegedly smuggling drugs in Australia aboard a luxury cruise ship. Roberge abandoned her bail bid on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Courtesy TVA

One of three Quebecers accused of trying to import a large amount of cocaine into Australia last year will remain in custody until her trial is scheduled to begin on Aug. 28.

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A lawyer for Melina Roberge of Granby, Que., was scheduled to file a bail application today, but a court clerk in Sydney says the lawyer withdrew the request.

Roberge, 23, was arrested with Isabelle Lagacé, 28, and Andre Tamine, 64, on Aug. 29, 2016 after the luxury cruise ship MS Sea Princess docked in Sydney.

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Australian authorities allegedly found 95 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $30.5 million packed in suitcases.

The Quebecers were each charged with one count of bringing a commercial quantity of cocaine into the country.

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Lagace pleaded guilty in December and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 30.

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Tamine’s trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 28.

Bail applications filed on behalf of Lagacé and Tamine had earlier been denied.

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