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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay

Australian police arrest 13 people and seize a record 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat

Australia Cocaine - (AAP IMAGE)

Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after the suspects' boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, authorities said Monday.

The drugs had a sale value of 760 million Australian dollars ($494 million) and equaled as many as 11.7 million street deals if they had reached the country of 28 million people, federal police said in a statement.

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