Overview
- Tactical Response Group officers stopped a luxury yacht about 50 km off Exmouth on Monday and arrested three people who are accused of trying to smuggle a wanted Queensland man out of Australia.
- Thirty‑two‑year‑old Dylan Ryan Tuckwell‑Cvek was extradited to Queensland on return‑to‑prison and drug‑trafficking warrants and remains remanded in custody.
- WA police have charged Cass Williams, Jessica Beckett and Fatma Skaf with attempted people smuggling, with Williams and Beckett remanded and Skaf granted bail under strict conditions.
- Investigators allege Williams and Beckett crewed a newly purchased yacht from Perth to Exmouth and that Skaf drove the fugitive to a local boat ramp before the voyage.
- A joint organised‑crime taskforce made up of state and federal agencies is continuing a probe into the syndicate behind the plot and further court dates are scheduled for June and July.