A morning in jail during his appeal hearing and then back out on bail for Vice Media cocaine plot appellate

A former Vice Media employee who was convicted of helping arrange cocaine smuggling into Australia — a plot that ended with the arrest of five drug mules carrying bricks of cocaine — spent a morning in jail Wednesday while three judges heard arguments on his appeal.

Ali Lalji surrendered at the Toronto South Detention Centre before the start of his appeal hearing, which was a condition of his release on $1-million bail.

Being behind bars is a rarity for Lalji, despite his arrest...