Only 4 km separates the top end of Australia’s island chain and Papua New Guinea. These waters have been trade routes for thousands of years, but now more nefarious cargo is being taken across. Increasingly Methamphetamine and cocaine are being smuggled across the narrow strait. Locals are worried about the growing risk of hard drugs in their tiny island communities but without other available revenue streams it is a seemingly attractive proposition. PNG correspondent Tim Swanston has the story.
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