Police have achieved great success in Australia. Police have seized 2.3 tonnes of cocaine. The seized cocaine consignment is the largest ever seized in Australia.
Police in Australia have seized about 2.3 tonnes of cocaine after raiding a suspect’s boat that was wrecked off the coast of Queensland. Police have also arrested 13 people in this case. Officials gave this information on Monday. The drugs have a market value of A$760 million, police said in a statement. Investigating officers told journalists in Brisbane that these medicines were brought from an unknown country in South America.
Major action by police based on information
Australian Police Commander Stephen Jay said that information had been received about a smuggling plot by the Comancheros motorcycle gang. The arrests were made on Saturday and Sunday after a month-long investigation. Jai said the smugglers tried to smuggle drugs into Australia twice by boat, but their first boat was damaged and the second boat sank on Saturday, leaving the suspects stranded at sea for several hours.
Highest quantity of drugs seized
Police raided the fishing boat and seized drugs. Jai said the lead boat was in international waters and could not be caught. Jay said more than a tonne of cocaine had been seized previously, but the haul seized over the weekend was the largest ever seized in Australia. The listed people are accused of conspiring to import drugs into Australia by sea and will appear in various courts on Monday.
How much is the punishment?
Police said the people on the boat were arrested along with those waiting on the shore to collect the cocaine. Two of these people were under the age of 18, all were Australian citizens. There is a provision for maximum life imprisonment in this case.
