Boat ‘was smuggling’

A BOAT that ran aground in far north Queensland is the first people-smuggling operation to reach the Australian coast in almost four years, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says. Queensland Police said they had caught 12 people after the boat ran aground off Cape Kimberley, near the Daintree River, on Sunday and were on the hunt for two more individuals, believed to be the captain and first mate.