Spring workers arrested after 1,116 pounds of cocaine found hidden behind the false wall in the Sydney shipping container
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Breaks of recent drug busts of $ 500 million
Three Sydney dock workers have been accused for a massive cocaine shipment in an investigation to apply the law on reliable experts that import illegal drugs to Australia, authorities said on Tuesday.
The three, 25, 38 and 42, appeared in a Sydney court on Monday they charged more than 1,116 pounds of cocaine found hidden behind a false wall in a shipping container on the Sydney coast on the weekend, said Federal Australian police in a statement. Cocaine had a value on the street of more than $ 107 million.
Police said the investigators arrested the man to the 25 -year -old suspect when he left the shipping container. The authorities found a lever, an angular grinder and other tools, which allege that the man was using to cut on the false wall of the shipping container.
Police launched multiple images of the operation.
The two older men were forklift drivers used by a global shipping and logistics company that the authorities have not named.
The police also found $ 216,240 in cash, which alleged that it is the product of the crime.
The three face a potential life imprisonment if they are condemned.
The 42 -year -old man was released on bail, but the others were arrested. Everyone will appear in court next October 29.
The shipping container was sent from Europe, but the source of cocaine remained under investigation, according to the police.
The men were arrested by the multi -agencing strike team. The team is made up of state and federal agencies that are directed to “privileges” within the supply chains that allow the organized crimes groups of smuggling of illegal drugs to Australia.
“For anyone attracted to the false promise of drug imports, these crimes have the potential of life in jail,” said Detective Superintendent Peter Fogarty in a statement.
Last December, Australian police confiscated a record 2.3 tons of cocaine And he arrested 13 people in raids after a fishing boat broke on the coast of Queensland.
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