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Sam McKeith and John Kidman

Teen accused of leading drug container-breaking gang

Five men are before the courts after NSW Police seized $105 million worth of imported cocaine. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)

A Sydney teenager was the alleged ringleader of a gang of so-called clearers contracted by international traffickers to retrieve more than $100 million worth of cocaine in a series of lightning raids on shipping containers.

The 18-year-old was arrested at Woodpark in the city's west on Thursday and charged with 12 offences, including directing a criminal group, supplying a large commercial quantity of prohibited drugs and dealing with the proceeds of crime.

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