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National
Duncan Murray

Robot helps uncover cocaine haul stashed in ship's hull

The 200kg haul of cocaine was seized from the hull of a cargo ship in the Port of Melbourne. ((AAP Image/Supplied by AFP))

A remote-controlled robot has helped uncover a 200kg shipment of cocaine stashed in the hull of a ship which arrived in Port Melbourne from Argentina last month.

Australian Border Force officers used the underwater vehicle to search the vessel below the waterline, finding the drugs in the ship's sea chest, where water is pumped in and out of the ballast tanks.

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