A convicted cocaine smuggler and former Rio Tinto employee has been found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for further drug smuggling charges. 
Sydney businessman Bennet Schwartz was arrested at his home in Rose Bay, in the city's eastern suburbs last October over a drug importation scheme allegedly involving accused drug kingpin Mostafa Baluch.
Schwartz was accused of texting Baluch on the fake encrypted messaging app An0m while allegedly trying to smuggle 27kg of cocaine into the country.
Schwartz, 34, was found 'unresponsive' in his maximum security cell in Silverwater on Saturday.
'The inmate was found unresponsive in a cell at around 11.45am and was pronounced deceased by NSW Ambulance officers at approximately 12.18pm,' a statement from Corrective Services reads.




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Pictured: Bennet Schwartz being arrested outside his Rose Bay home. He was accused of smuggling drugs into the country before his death on Saturday

Mostafa Baluch was caught hiding in the back of a luxury car in a truck at the Queensland-NSW border in November as he attempted to evade capture after weeks on the run.
Police allege Baluch was involved in an organised crime syndicate that conspired to import and distribute three tonnes of cocaine, potentially worth an estimated $900 million.  
His dramatic arrest last year was the culmination of a weeks-long search after he allegedly removed an ankle monitor and went on the run.
With help from US authorities, Фильмы онлайн 1770 kilograms of cocaine was seized from vessels off the coast of Colombia in October 2020 and Ecuador in April 2021.
Five men have been charged so far over their alleged involvement in the syndicate. 











Baluch was caught hiding in the back of a luxury car in a truck at [url=]9News Sydney on Twitter: "The search for Sydney's most wanted man has led police to arrest an eastern suburbs businessman. Bennet Schwartz is accused of smuggling cocaine into Australia alongside Mostafa Baluch who remains at large ...