Australia's Largest Cocaine Bust: 13 Arrested, 2.3 Tons Seized

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Source: Al Jazeera English
Australia's Largest Cocaine Bust: 13 Arrested, 2.3 Tons Seized
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Australian police have arrested 13 individuals in the country's largest-ever cocaine bust, seizing 2.3 tonnes of the drug with a street value of $494 million. The arrests followed a months-long investigation into a motorcycle gang's smuggling operation, involving a fishing boat meeting a mother ship off Queensland's coast. Those charged face life imprisonment if convicted.

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