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Farid Farid

'Corrupt' dockers accused of hiding drugs in false wall

Half a tonne of cocaine was allegedly concealed behind the false wall of a shipping container. (HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE)

"Corrupt insiders" have been busted over an alleged attempt to smuggle half a tonne of cocaine through a secret cavity deep in Australia's second busiest port.

The three men working at Port Botany in Sydney were arrested on Sunday and accused of importing 506kg of cocaine in a shipping container that had unloaded its legitimate cargo.

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