Police have seized more than 800 kilograms of cocaine that was destined for Western Australia, describing it as one of the largest hauls of the drug in decades.
Details of the joint agency investigation were revealed on Friday, which began with a tip off about an alleged plot to drop the massive cache of drugs — with a street value of about $320 million — into the ocean for collection sometime in May.
The international drug syndicate's plan began to fall apart when three men, who allegedly set out on a cabin cruiser to retrieve the drugs, ran into engine trouble off Rottnest Island on May 24.
