Joseph Frank Micalizzi from Sydney granted bail to a 25-year-old man accused of involvement in a $77 million drug importation into Jandakot airport

Joseph Frank Micalizzi from Sydney was arrested in March after police found a large quantity of methylamphetamines and ecstacy in the luggage compartment of the plane in which Mr Micalizzi was a passenger.Perth Magistrate has granted bail to a 25-year-old man accused of involvement in a $77 million drug importation into Jandakot airport in PerthToday his lawyer Jeremy Scuds told the court, that Mr Micalizzi knew nothing about the drugs and was on the plane for a joy flight.
Magistrate Peter Malone granted Mr Micalizzi $100 thousand bail with a similar surety.He will have to live in Perth, surrender his passport and not go near any departure points within the state.Mr Micalizzi is due back in court later this month.

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Joanne Pellew faces losing about $1.4 million in assets after being convicted of a serious drug offence.

Kooey fashion designer Joanne Pellew faces losing about $1.4 million in assets after being convicted of a serious drug offence.Pellew and her husband Ramli Hajinoor were found guilty of conspiring to sell or supply cannabis after their District Court trial last month.The couple's defence counsel David Moen's will now have to prove to the court their assets were not acquired with funds gained from the sale of cannabis.
The pair's sentencing hearing was adjourned this afternoon until mid December, to allow Mr Moen time to produce evidence to the court that legally-obtained funds were used in the purchase or repayment of loans for the property.Mr Moen said the court should consider the value of the property which will be confiscated from the couple in its sentencing.The court was told the couple owns two properties worth more than $1.3 million and other assets totalling $20,000.Mr Moen said Pellew would also lose her 49 per cent stake in Kooey, her glamourous swimwear label, because of her conviction."She will inevitably have to resign as director of the company - she will lose that interest," he said."It's always been a life ambition of her [to advance that]... it's a positive dream and it's a shame it will come to an end in a short space of time."The couple were remanded in custody to appear for sentencing on December 12.

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Holly Deane-Johns

Twice-convicted heroin trafficker Holly Deane-Johns is now at Bandyup Women's Prison in Perth after being transferred from Thailand.
Under an agreement reached with the Thai and Federal Government, Ms Deane-Johns will serve five years in jail in Western Australia with a further five years' parole once released. She had been in prison in Thailand since August 2000 and when eventually released, she will have served more than 12 years in prison.
Ms Deane-Johns was sentenced in 2003 to 31 years in Thailand's notorious `Bangkok Hilton' for attempting to smuggle heroin and possession of heroin. She was arrested after trying to send an envelope containing 10.4g of pure heroin to Australia. In the 1990s, she served five years at Bandyup Prison for conspiracy to import drugs, importing heroin and possessing heroin. She also has WA convictions for stealing offences.
In September 2006, Corrective Services Minister Margaret Quirk initially refused to consent to the transfer on the basis of information provided at the time, such as Ms Deane-Johns' lack of family support in WA and her past prison record. The recidivist nature of her offending weighed against approving her transfer.

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