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Norwegian diver jailed over cocaine import

August 13, 2025

A Norwegian man has been jailed for nine years over an unsuccessful bid to import 80-kilos of cocaine.

Jon Birger Karlsen was one of two men arrested at Honeysuckle in January 2023. He’d been tasked with retrieving the drugs from under a cargo ship.

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