US EditionMore than $600m in cocaine seized off NSW coast
- Law enforcement agencies intercepted a vessel near Nambucca Heads on May 9, 2025, seizing more than one tonne of cocaine valued at approximately $623 million.
- The seizure came after authorities initiated an investigation triggered by the cash purchase of a 13-meter motor cruiser in the Sutherland Shire area of Sydney on April 28, 2025.
- Police followed the boat as it moved up the coast and intercepted it approximately nine nautical miles offshore near South West Rocks on Friday morning, arresting five men between the ages of 24 and 36.
- The drugs consisted of roughly 1,110 cocaine blocks, estimated to provide over a million doses, and the arrested individuals faced charges including large commercial supply and participation in a criminal group.
- The multi-agency operation demonstrates law enforcement's capacity to disrupt organised crime syndicates using Australia's coastline for drug importation and aims to prevent community harm.
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Australian Police Bust Smuggling Boat With $400M in Cocaine
Police in New South Wales, Australia have arrested five people in connection with a one-tonne shipment of cocaine seized from a boat off the province's central coast. The police were tipped off about a possible inbound shipment of drugs when they received word of a large cash purchase of a 13-meter motor cruiser from a seller near Sydney. In Australia, cash buys of ocean-capable pleasure boats are sometimes a signal of an imminent ship-to-ship …
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