Gangland boss George Marrogi was caught planning a prison escape in 2022 that involved being airlifted out of Victoria’s most secure prison, then smuggled out of the country on a luxury yacht.

The scheme was foiled after prison intelligence officers intercepted phone calls about the plot and raided Marrogi’s cell. The plan had advanced as far as obtaining aerial images of the prison, along with design drawings and a tax invoice for a yacht.

Crime boss George Marrogi.

“These documents, together with intelligence information collected by CV [Corrections Victoria], indicated that the plaintiff had been conspiring via unmonitored legal calls to escape prison using a helicopter,” according to an affidavit by prison authorities.

“The options discussed by the plaintiff included having associa

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