Cocaine bricks: Illicit drug packages wash up on Sydney beaches

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Why are bricks of cocaine washing up on Australian beach?

Members of the public discovered packages of cocaine on popular beaches (Picture: NSW Police) Beachgoers are baffled after discovering plastic wrapped packages of cocaine on a popular Australian beach. Walkers at Freshwater and Curl Curl beaches in Sydney discovered the parcels – weighing 5kg – that were quickly seized by police. But packages of the drug have been washing up on Aussie shores since December, according to police. More than 250kg o…

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High tide: why are cocaine bricks washing up on Sydney beaches?

More than 250kg of the class-A drug has been found on NSW beaches since December as soaring Australian demand drives the illegal tradeFive suspected cocaine blocks have been found on Sydney beaches, joining a mass that has washed ashore in New South Wales since December.The five parcels were discovered early on Monday morning at Freshwater beach and North Curl Curl beach, and have been seized for forensic examination by officers from the Norther…

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Sydney cocaine bricks: Illicit drugs worth nearly one million wash up on beaches

In a string of incidents involving packages consisting of illicit drugs washing up on beaches in Australia’s Sydney, another five “bricks” of cocaine worth nearly AU$1 million ($650,720) were found by beachgoers, on Monday (Apr 1).  What was found? The beachgoers in Sydney’s Freshwater and Curl Curl found the packets, on Monday (Apr 1) morning, weighing a total of five kilogrammes, with drugs estimated to have a street value of AU$900,000 ($585

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Five packages, presumably containing cocaine, have been found off the coast of Sydney, deepening a long-standing mystery. A total of 5 kilos of drugs were found on Freshwater and Curl Curl beaches on Monday, the packages were seized by police.

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Australia’s £30m cocaine mystery deepens as more bricks wash up on Sydney beaches

More than 250kg cocaine found along New South Wales coast since last December

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Cocaine bricks: Illicit drug packages wash up on Sydney beaches

Five plastic-wrapped packages believed to contain cocaine have washed up on beaches in Sydney, deepening a long-running drug mystery.