Fisheries plant on Australia's border could cover drugs, weapons and people smuggling, experts say

A $200m Chinese-built fish processing plant, proposed for the Papua New Guinean island of Daru, in the Torres Strait, brings risk of transnational crime

Security experts have warned a $200m Chinese-built fisheries plant, proposed for a Papua New Guinean island on Australia's border, could be exploited as a cover by transnational organised crime networks to smuggle drugs, weapons and people.

The PNG island of Daru, where the fish processing plant is proposed to be built, is just 50km from Australia's Saibai Island, in the Torres Strait.