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*** Frenchman involved in *** multi-million dollar cocaine smuggling scheme which used cruise ship passengers as drug mules has been convicted. The New Zealand Herald reports that Alexander Steve Yangwe Yonqua Dingam was arrested in 2017 with *** backpack full of roughly 50 pounds of cocaine estimated to be worth between 4.5 to just over $7 million. Authorities say that the 28-year-old Frenchman was one of 6. Involved in *** smuggling ring that used cruise ship passengers traveling from South America to Australia funded by international money transfers, Yanqua Dingam stayed in the Sydney, Australia apartment while awaiting the drug shipments. However, passengers who were recruited on the ship the Astor were arrested with 66 pounds of cocaine, foiling part of the smuggler's plan. Yankwa Dingam then went on the move to New Zealand to receive the illicit drugs. From passengers on the regatta. While that transfer seemingly worked, drug detecting dogs reacted to *** suitcase in the drug mule's cabin. There was not enough evidence to arrest the passengers, but it did put police on Yonqua Dingam's trail. After two weeks of surveillance, authorities arrested the Frenchman with *** large amount of cocaine in his backpack. The New Zealand Herald reports that after pleading guilty to charges, Yonqua Dingam expects to be sentenced on September 20th.