A terrible end to the carefree cocaine peddling lifestyle of Canadian citizen Melina Roberge has seen the woman sentenced to eight years in an Australian prison. She will be eligible for parole in 2022. The judge gave Roberge, 24, a lecture about her “vacuous” pursuit of online fame. Roberge had agreed to pose as a tourist on the cruise ship MS Sea Princess as part of a plot to smuggle 95kg (210lb) of cocaine into the land down under. The drugs had an estimated value of $16 million. Roberge’s cabin mate, 29-year-old Isabelle Lagacé, was jailed in November for seven-and-a-half years. Andre Tamine, 64, is still to face sentencing over his role in the operation. Authorities have described the drug seizure as the largest Australia has ever had on a commercial boat or plane.
