Police search for blood in Sydney granny flat in hunt for alleged missing cocaine diver

Brazilian man, whose fate is uncertain, allegedly spent month hiding out at property in Lurnea after alleged bungled drug plot at Newcastle harbour

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A missing Brazilian diver allegedly linked to a bungled cocaine importation plot spent at least a month hiding out in Sydney after an accomplice was found dead in the water, police say.

Investigators have searched a granny flat behind a property at Lurnea, in south-west Sydney, as part of their probe into the disappearance of Jhoni Fernandes Da Silva.