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Australian authorities announce the country’s largest cocaine seizure to date, intercepting 2.3 tons of the drug off the Queensland coast on November 29, 2024. Police arrested 13 suspects, including two minors, following a month-long investigation into the alleged operation. The confiscated cocaine, smuggled aboard a fishing vessel from South America, holds an estimated street value of 760 million Australian dollars (494 million USD).
The arrests occurred both at sea and onshore as suspects attempted to collect the shipment from the disabled fishing boat. Police Commander Stephen Jay. . .
