- Australian police have seized 2.7 metric tons (3 tons) of cocaine from a property in Londonderry, Sydney, marking the country's largest ever drug bust.
- The cocaine, estimated to have a street value of AU$816 million, was discovered in plastic tubs buried in underground bunkers beneath shipping containers.
- Two Sydney men, aged 21 and 25, were arrested at the property and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of an illicit drug, facing potential life sentences.
- Police allege the drugs were landed by boat at Midge Point in Queensland and then transported 1,800 kilometres by road to Sydney by an organised crime group.
- Authorities suspect the shipment originated from the MV Wealth, a Belize-flagged cargo ship seized in the Solomon Islands, highlighting Queensland's coastline as a target for smugglers due to Australia's high cocaine prices.
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