Australia police seize $500m of cocaine after boat breaks down

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Australia police seize $500m of ******** after boat breaks down

*********** Police have seized 2.3 tonnes of ******** from a broken-down boat off the coast of Queensland, authorities said on Monday.

Eleven men and two juveniles were arrested, including the vessel’s crew and others waiting on the shore to collect the ******** shipment.

The drugs had an estimated street value of A$760m ($490m; £388m), with the potential to be distributed across 11.7 million separate street deals – making it the largest ******** bust in *********** history.

The *********** Federal Police (AFP) alleged one of the men arrested on Saturday night was vice-president of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle club’s Brisbane chapter.

Biker gangs are notorious in Australia for their ***** *********, with more than 1,000 shootings recorded since the 1980s.

This recent ******** bust came as part of a wider investigation into the Comanchero gang, codenamed Operation Tyrrendor, which began last month.

Authorities said they received intelligence suggesting a ********* syndicate with links to the gang was planning to import ******** drugs into Australia.

This comes after reports last week that the

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Investigators told reporters in Brisbane the record ******** shipment had come from an unidentified South ********* country.

The AFP worked with the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the *********** Border Force (ABF) to track a fishing boat, recently purchased by a 35-year-old man.

On Saturday night, it was being used transport the ******** delivery from a larger mothership to the Queensland coast when it suffered a mechanical fault, police said.

Stranded about 18km from the north-eastern tip of K’gari, it was intercepted by the AFP and QPS, who found 51 bales tied with rope netting.

Each bale contained 40kg of ********, totalling 2.34 tonnes.

Two men were arrested on the boat and two others were arrested on the coast while waiting for the shipment.

A further three arrests were made at a nearby fast-food restaurant, with five others at a traffic stop.

The final arrest was made in Brisbane after the AFP and QPS ********* a search warrant.

All 11 men and two juveniles were were charged with *********** to import a commercial quantity of ********, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

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