Officers have revealed they created 'fake cocaine' to fool a Mexican Cartel and stop a billion-dollar bounty from reaching Aussies shores. 9News
Police confirmed today that under the cover of darkness, a sophisticated sting to take down a Mexican drug cartel eyeing an Australian market was undertaken.
A total of 2.4 tonnes of cocaine was stopped from entering our shores and 12 people were arrested in the largest bust in Australian history.The seized cocaine was replaced with a sham alternative. The enormous volume represents half of Australia's annual consumption of the drug, and has an estimated street value of $1 billion."We're looking at 250-400 dollars a kilo for cocaine, so you can see the benefit in the cartels and offshore syndicates in they don't have to get a great deal through," said WA Deputy Commissioner Tony Longhorn.
In late November, US authorities intercepted the shipment off the South American coast - alerting WA police.Those packages were then dropped in the ocean, 80 kilometres off WA."WA is an attractive coastline because they think they won't be detected, it's such a large space, with very few people... but they do not understand the capability of WA police," Blanch said.One - struggling to navigate the West Australian waters - beaching 70 kilometres north of Perth.
Police watched from the air as the second boat towed the first back out to sea, before it too ran into trouble."The people who bought those drugs into this believed there was another 1.2 tonnes sitting in a warehouse in WA - so we waited and we watched," Blanch said.Another three suspects tracked down at houses and hotels, two of those were allegedly busted with two million dollars cash in their car.to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox.
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