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Jack Gramenz

Businessman was chasing 'Chinese money' in container

Authorities allegedly found cocaine worth more than $1 billion concealed in steel posts from China. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Businessman David Campbell says he knew something was hidden in a shipping container he had been trying to track down by the time he'd been told it was found, just not drugs.

"Chinese money," he told the court on Wednesday as he defends an accusation that could land him in prison for life.

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