The entire crew of a North Korean ship suspected of being involved in Victoria's largest ever heroin seizure has appeared in a Sydney court. Authorities intercepted the Pong Su yesterday after a four-day chase from Victoria. The 30-strong crew have been charged with aiding and abetting the importation of a prohibited substance. All are now facing extradition to Victoria. They will appear in court again tomorrow. Another four people were arrested in Victoria. One of them will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates court tomorrow. Graham Ashton, from the Australian Federal Police, says investigations are continuing despite the arrests. "It is a very large area of coastline so we're following up on crime scene issues, conducting searches of the area to make sure that no other evidence is left behind in relation to the landing of the heroin on Wednesday morning," he said.
The solicitor appearing for the crew, Scott Schaudin, says there is no evidence to support the police charges. "I said on the facts that I read I thought they [would] have difficulty proving their case, grave difficulty," he said. No application for bail was made.
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