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Alleged drug smuggler re-applies for bail

November 8, 2019 1:50 pm

Alleged drug smuggler Justin Ho has again applied for bail which will be heard by the Lautoka High Court later this month.

Alleged drug smuggler Justin Ho has again applied for bail which will be heard by the Lautoka High Court later this month.

Ho is charged with one count of unlawful exportation of illicit drugs and has applied for bail for the third time.

A hearing has been set for the 27th of this month.

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Co-accused Fredrick Epeli appeared for pre-trial checklist documents.

The 40-year-old is also charged with one count of unlawful exportation of illicit drugs.

It is alleged last December, Fredrick Epeli and Justin Ho without lawful authority facilitated in exporting more than two kilos of cocaine and illicit drugs to Sydney, Australia via Fiji Airways.

It’s also alleged that on the same day, the two engaged in the transfer, transport, supply, use, manufacture, and sale of cocaine and illicit drugs.