Italian yachtie is charged over major drug bust in PNG

Port Moresby: Several more men including an Italian citizen have been charged in Papua New Guinea with drug smuggling.

It’s one of a number of developments in the case surrounding a record sized drug haul in which around 600 kg of cocaine was seized near Port Moresby late last month. According to EMTV, 52-year-old Carlos Attansio has been served with two charges of smuggling illicit drugs. The Italian is reportedly the captain of the MV Badu, a yacht believed to have brought the cocaine to the PNG mainland.