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Charges over bid to smuggle drugs to PNG

Charges over bid to smuggle drugs to PNG

A man has been charged with trying to smuggle items including prescription drugs, steroids and growth hormones from Torres Strait into Papua New Guinea The 55-year-old from Brisbane was found by Australian Border Force officers on Main St on Saibai island in the Torres Strait last Tuesday.

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PNG govt urged to take stronger stand on West Papua

PNG govt urged to take stronger stand on West Papua

Papua New Guinea's government has been urged by a prominent MP to develop a stronger policy on West Papua. Powes Parkop, the governor of PNG's national capital, said the government shouldn't keep ignoring the crisis in the neighbourng Indonesian-controlled half of New Guinea.

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