{"id":31469,"date":"2016-12-30T00:22:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T00:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/police-bust-record-breaking-cocaine-haul\/"},"modified":"2016-12-30T00:22:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T00:22:55","slug":"police-bust-record-breaking-cocaine-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/police-bust-record-breaking-cocaine-haul\/","title":{"rendered":"Police bust record-breaking cocaine haul"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Authorities in Sydney arrest 15 men allegedly involved in smuggling of contraband worth hundreds of millions of dollars.}<\/p>\n

Australian authorities have seized more than a tonne of cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to police who described it as one of the country’s largest drug seizures.<\/p>\n

Police listed on Thursday 600kg of cocaine intercepted by the French navy off Tahiti in March and 500kg seized on Christmas Day in Sydney – all destined for the Australian market.<\/p>\n

Fifteen men, including commercial fishing operators, were arrested over the past few days for allegedly importing the cocaine from South America.<\/p>\n

The arrests followed a two-and-a-half year investigation into fishermen who were allegedly using trawlers to move cocaine from South America to Australia.<\/p>\n

Police said the secret operation culminated in arrests on Christmas Day at Sydney Fish Market when a trawler docked that had allegedly been used to meet a “mother ship”, which police told The Telegraph had travelled from Chile.<\/p>\n

The authorities released video footage showing three men being arrested aboard a fishing boat and led away in handcuffs.<\/p>\n

Another 12 men were arrested over the past few days.<\/p>\n

“This is a very significant organised crime group,” said New South Wales Police Force Assistant Commissioner Mark Jenkins.<\/p>\n

Chris Sheehan, the federal police acting assistant commissioner, said that investigations were continuing in South America to find the suppliers of the contraband.<\/p>\n

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