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Cassandra Morgan

Police foil plan to bring $1b of cocaine into Australia

Police dropped a dummy package off WA and watched the alleged drug syndicate try to retrieve it. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

A covert police operation has foiled a billion dollars worth of cocaine entering Western Australia, with officers duping the alleged criminals into believing they'd gotten away with the import.

Operation Beech kicked off in November after Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized a record 2.4 tonnes of cocaine allegedly bound for Australia off the South American coast.

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