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More than a ton of cocaine worth almost $ 400 million has been taken away from The coast of Australia During the bust of drugs that ended on Friday with the arrest of five men, local authorities said.
New South Wales (NSW) police investigators received an intelligence on a suspicious purchase of a boat with a large amount of money in late April and started following the movements of vessels and people involved, NSW and Australian federal police (AFP) said in a joint statement.
Both NSW and AFP followed their activities while traveling north through Nelson Baya and Port Macquarie, the agencies said.
When the fruit returned to the shore on Friday, the seaside authorities launched an interception.
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About 1,110 cocaine blocks weighed 1,039 tons and had an estimated potential street value of almost $ 400 million, authorities said. (NSW Police/Australian Federal Police)
Authorities discovered approximately 1,110 Cocaine blocksweighing 1,039 tons, on board. Cocaine had an estimated potential street value of nearly $ 400 million, according to the authorities.
Two men, aged 24 and 26, were arrested on board. Three others were arrested on the coast when police noticed vehicles are trying to leave the area. (NSW Police/Australian Federal Police)
Two men, aged 24 and 26, were arrested on board. Three men – at the age of 28, 29 and 35 – were arrested on the coast after investigators stopped two vehicles trying to leave the area.
The NWS AFP investigators worked together to follow the movements of the vessels and individuals involved before the bust. (NSW Police/Australian Federal Police)
“The huge coast of Australia is attractive to organized criminal groups, which are trying to use this trying to import drugs using boats,” said AFP Assistant Commissioner Stephen Dometto. “The bad news for them is that AFP will continue to work together with our partners to target organized crime unions who mistakenly believe that they can work unpunished.”
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Two men arrested on board were charged with supplying forbidden drugs in a large commercial quantity, while three arrested on the coast were charged with participating in the supply of a banned drug in a large commercial quantity. All five confrontations of participation in the criminal group.
All five men appeared in court And they were denied bail.
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Investigators are working on knowing more about the origin of drugs and alleged associates of the group.
