Australian authorities scored the most important cocaine bust within the nation’s historical past over the weekend, seizing greater than 2 tons of cocaine price about $500 million, reviews the BBC. The outstanding factor was how straightforward it was: Authorities say the smugglers’ boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, per CNN. Police arrested 13 individuals in all, counting individuals on the stranded boat and people on shore ready for the cargo, reviews the AP. A bigger “motherboat” that transferred the medicine to the smugglers’ boat was safely in worldwide waters and was not boarded, police say.
As it seems, the arrest might have been made even when the boat hadn’t damaged down. Police have been watching the coast after receiving a tip {that a} motorbike gang often called the Comancheros have been planning an enormous smuggling operation, mentioned Australian Federal Police Commander Stephen Jay. Still, the breakdown made the bust a lot simpler. The cocaine got here from an unspecified nation in South America. All of these arrested have been Australian residents, they usually included two juveniles. (More Australia tales.)
