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Tour operator James Blee jailed over botched Newcastle cocaine import

Nov 26, 2024

A former superyacht owner has been jailed for more than 11-years, over a brazen cocaine import which ended in Newcastle Harbour.

James Blake Blee helped train divers to retrieve drugs from the hull of a cargo ship… but the operation went wrong, leaving one man dead.

Now, we can show you what Blee told police, following his arrest.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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