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Largest ever cocaine bust in Australia after police raid underground bunker
Key takeaways
- The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$816m (£433m, €500m), were found on Friday in underground bunkers concealed beneath false floors in three shipping containers at a property in Londonderry.
- Two men aged 21 and 25, who allegedly attempted to flee from police, were arrested at the scene and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug.
- Police say the cocaine was smuggled into Australia via the small town of Midge Point in North Queensland on the orders of an organised crime group.
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Helen Livingstone Sydney Australian Federal Police Two men, aged 21 and 25, were arrested at the scene Australian police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine - the country's largest ever such bust - from an underground bunker system in western Sydney.
The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$816m (£433m, €500m), were found on Friday in underground bunkers concealed beneath false floors in three shipping containers at a property in Londonderry.
Two men aged 21 and 25, who allegedly attempted to flee from police, were arrested at the scene and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug.
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