WA Police and Australian Federal Police intercepted a yacht off the coast of Exmouth in northern WA which allegedly had a Queensland fugitive on board.
Three people have been charged for attempted people smuggling off the northern coast of WA. What's next? Three people have been charged in Western Australia after allegedly attempting to smuggle a suspected Queensland fugitive out of Australia.
The suspected fugitive is a 32 year-old man who is allegedly an outlaw motorcycle gang member and was one of three people arrested when the WA Joint Organised Crime Taskforce intercepted a yacht on Monday morning. The yacht was found off the coast of Exmouth, 1,250km north of Perth and was allegedly heading for Indonesia. WA police have charged a Queensland woman with attempted people smuggling after her yacht was intercepted off the Exmouth coast.
A 46-year-old Queensland man, Cass Williams, and 45-year-old Queensland woman, Jessica Beckett, appeared in Carnarvon Magistrates Court on Tuesday, charged with attempted people smuggling. A 40-year-old NSW woman, Fatma Skaf, was arrested on Monday travelling between Exmouth and Karratha and was charged with the same offence. She appeared in Karratha Magistrates Court. WA JOCTF have been investigating the alleged scheme since last month, and investigations remain ongoing into the syndicate allegedly responsible.
WA police intercepted a luxury yacht off the coast of Exmouth and subsequently arrested three people. The alleged outlaw gang member will be extradited back to Queensland on a return to prison warrant and a drug trafficking arrest warrant.
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