In short: An Australia pilot has been freed after he was taken hostage while working in a remote area in PNG. The area is located on the border of Hela and Southern Highland. It's understood the quick ...

The Australian pilot linked to a suspicious plane found burning in Papua New Guinea after flying out of Mareeba has been charged. Local PNG police have alleged drug, possibly cocaine, links to the ...

A pilot has been sentenced to 11 years' jail for smuggling 56 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia from Papua New Guinea. Bernard Hamilton Alexander, 54, was sentenced in the Supreme Court in ...

Papua New Guinea police believe the group who kidnapped the Australian pilot and two locals were motivated by a "compensation claim". Papua New Guinea's chief of police said it was not the first time ...