<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> aviation company owner will face </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="court"><span>court</span></a><span> today after allegedly trying to smuggle two wanted men into Indonesia on a "black flight".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is alleged that the Woolshed man, who owns a central Queensland aviation company, organised a flight to sneak two alleged Australian fugitives to Indonesia and only listed the two co-pilots as people on board the flight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 43-year-old was arrested yesterday after Australian Federal </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> executed search warrants in south-east Queensland and Rockhampton.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/iranian-football-players-senior-iranian-community-figure-says-more-footballers-seek-asylum/871406ab-bfe3-41ca-94aa-598f80eeeffe" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Security scare after Iranian player's change of heart over asylum decision</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was allegedly found that the two undeclared passengers were wanted by </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/nsw-police" rel="" target="" title="NSW Police"><span>NSW Police</span></a><span> for kidnapping and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/drugs" rel="" target="" title="drug"><span>drug</span></a><span> charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said the 34-year-old undeclared passenger was on bail for </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/kidnapped" rel="" target="" title="kidnapping"><span>kidnapping</span></a><span> offences and was under strict conditions to not leave the state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His 35-year-old counterpart allegedly had three outstanding arrest warrants, including for large commercial drug supply and manufacturing.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-man-charged-over-alleged-people-smuggling-black-flight-to-indonesia/19c0f30d-6947-4a34-9445-8acf870a6a5a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Australian co-pilot and the two men have been in Indonesian </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/immigration" rel="" target="" title="immigration"><span>immigration</span></a><span> detention since November 17 last year, and the plane used to fly the men to the nation was seized by Indonesian immigration.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigations by the AFP found that the Woolshed man allegedly had coordinated an extensive network of charter flights across multiple planes and companies over a week in an attempt to smuggle the men from NSW to North Queensland to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/indonesia" rel="" target="" title="Indonesia"><span>Indonesia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The first flight with the two fugitives took off from Orange in NSW on November 10 and headed to Cape York, police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Over the week, the two men were allegedly transported via helicopters and light aircraft to multiple locations in Far North Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said they caught a charter flight to Port Stewart and then boarded the "black flight", which allegedly did not activate its transponder between Coen and Port Stewart.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Once the plane was over international waters, the transponder was allegedly turned back on.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Queensland aviation company owner was due to face Ipswich Court today and faces up to 10 years imprisonment after being charged with two counts of people smuggling. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Black flights attempting to exploit the remoteness of North Queensland can try to fly under the radar by turning off transponders, but every time they land and take off at a remote airstrip, they attract attention," AFP Detective Superintendent Adrian Telfer said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> 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