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A 42-year-old male Chinese national was apprehended by PNG authorities at the Lae airport,  on Wednesday, 22nd of March 2023, while trying to board a plane out of Lae, Morobe province. He’s alleged to be among the suspects involved in the transportation of narcotics including drug substances between Australia and Papua New Guinea. He’s currently detained and is being questioned by police. Lae City [Photo by Manu Bobola] At the same time, five men were apprehended in Queensland, Australia, after the plane landed from P-N-G loaded with 52 kilograms of methamphetamine.  This follows the investigations into a small undetected aircraft or Black Flight which left Bulolo at around 8am on Tuesday, allegedly loaded with narcotics. The suspicious flight prompted the investigators of Operation Gepard, a covert operation by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary and Australian Federal Police, running since November last year, to track down the black flight and place surveillance on certain suspec...

We have been waiting patiently for the first day of spring to arrive in the hope that the tropical effect plants in our Exotic garden will start to show some signs of life. However with the long, cold winter still holding on by the tips of its icy grip very little has happened – or has it. English horticulturist Simon takes a closer look at the garden to see what plant-based miracles are beginning to emerge. With the longer days and just a little more warmth in the air, the first of the spring bulbs have come into flower while other are just beginning to emerge from their seasonal slumber. Deciduous plants are just beginning to break into leaf and a number of herbaceous perennials are just poking their new growth above the soil line. If you would like to see more content like this then why not check out our YouTube gardening channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’? You can support out channel by subscribing, it is absolutely free and you can receive updates of our new vide...