THE alleged Australian boss of an international cocaine ring run by the supergrass who brought down the Victorian drug squad has been extradited from Thailand. Shanu Krawiec appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday and was charged with two counts of importing illegal drugs into Australia. He was remanded in custody to appear again on October 3. Mr Krawiec, 32, is one of several Australians charged during a three-year Australian Federal Police investigation. AFP agents claim the probe smashed the global smuggling syndicate allegedly run by the supergrass from Amsterdam. An extradition request to get the supergrass back to Melbourne was approved in April but he is still in an Amsterdam jail pending an appeal. The Herald Sun revealed in December last year the fugitive supergrass had been arrested in the Netherlands...
[read full story]