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Police seize $1.5m in cocaine after man observed allegedly trying to bury drugs near Darwin CBD

Police allege they saw the man bury a drum in bushland near the city and later stash drugs and money inside. (Supplied: NT Police)

NT Police say they have thwarted a significant drug operation after a man was observed allegedly attempting to bury $1.5 million worth of cocaine in a barrel in Darwin bushland.

In a joint operation between Northern Territory and New South Wales detectives, two men have been charged with a string of offences, and more than three kilograms worth of cocaine has been seized.

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