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Australian Federal Police
Two men, aged 21 and 25, were arrested astatine the scene
Australian constabulary person seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine - the country's largest ever specified bust - from an underground bunker strategy successful occidental Sydney.
The drugs, with an estimated thoroughfare worth of A$816m (£433m, €500m), were recovered connected Friday successful underground bunkers concealed beneath mendacious floors successful 3 shipping containers astatine a spot successful Londonderry.
Two men aged 21 and 25, who allegedly attempted to fly from police, were arrested astatine the country and charged with possessing a commercialized quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug.
Police accidental the cocaine was smuggled into Australia via the tiny municipality of Midge Point successful North Queensland connected the orders of an organised transgression group.
The 2 men, who were remanded successful custody aft appearing successful tribunal connected Saturday, look beingness successful situation if convicted.
Police said the raid connected the Londonderry spot was portion of "Operation Minjiang" which was launched successful May aft 40kg of cocaine was recovered floating successful the h2o disconnected a vessel ramp astatine Midge Point.
Another six radical successful Queensland and New South Wales were arrested and charged arsenic portion of investigations sparked by the find, constabulary said past week.
An alleged "mother vessel" suspected of being portion of the smuggling cognition has besides been detained successful Solomon Islands.
AFP Commander Stephen Jay said the alleged crippled showed "how highly organised and determined these transgression networks are, and the utmost lengths they are consenting to spell to successful pursuit of profit.
"Investigations into the root of the drugs stay ongoing, and we volition enactment with our planetary and home instrumentality enforcement partners to place the transgression syndicates and anyone other progressive successful facilitating this alleged attempted cause import."
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