BY IAN CROUCH
Detectives investigating the death of a Brazillian diver over a cocaine haul in Newcastle Harbour have searched a Sydney property of a second man involved in the alleged smuggling operation.
The body of 31-year-old Bruno Martins was discovered in the water near 54 kilograms of the drug in May 2022, believed to have been taken from the hull of a ship docked in the Port.
Police searching for a second diver, 32-year-old Jhoni Fernandes Da Silva, have searched a granny flat at Lurnea where it's believed he stayed for one or two months.
They were looking for traces of blood, fingerprints and DNA.
Two men remain before the courts over the alleged drug smuggling operation.
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| A forensic officer tests for traces of blood at the Lurnea property |
