06:40 EDT, 21 April 2021
A former RAAF pilot who fostered a child and fundraised for hospitals is behind bars over his failed plan to fly 271kg of ice to Australia.
Hugh Gorman, 75, is also a decorated volunteer firefighter. He and his co-conspirator Peter Caluzzi, 61, met as Freemasons more than a decade ago.
They had long marriages, children, and solid and stable jobs.
But motivated by financial gain, they became tangled up in an intercontinental drug plot to traffic 271kgof ice to Melbourne, with a street value up to $118 million.
After a decade with the RAAF, Gorman took on other flying jobs as well as truck driving. A serious crash in 2011 left him with lasting injuries and an inability to take care of his farming property, bankrupting him.
Friends jailed after hatching plan to fly 180kg of ice into Australia on a converted plane
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The men were trying to import 180 kilograms of ice to Australia, which has an estimated street value of close to $118 million.
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A former RAAF pilot who fostered a child and fundraised for hospitals is behind bars over his failed plan to fly 180kg of ice to Australia.
Key points:
The pair tried to import 180 kilograms of the drug ice into Melbourne from the United States
The long-time friends planned to bring the drugs in on a converted plane