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Two Brits jailed for bungled attempt to smuggle £570m worth of drugs into Australia

The co-conspirators had attempted to smuggle in a ton of drugs into Australia via South Africa and Madagascar when they were caught by police in a comedic situation

Daily Mirror · Jul 29, 2022

Men behind bungled $184m Abrolhos Islands drug smuggling mission to spend decades behind bars

Four men are sentenced to jail terms of between 22 and 33 years over the importation of a tonne of drugs – worth up to $184 million – that were discovered on a tiny island off the coast of Western Australia.

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022

Full story behind Abrolhos Islands drug smuggling mission revealed for first time

In what reads like a Hollywood movie script, the calamitous series of bungles that led to $73 million worth of drugs ending up on a barren island off Western Australia's coast can be revealed for the first time.

ABC News · Apr 26, 2022