Cocaine smugglers jailed after $90m drug boat sank off WA coast

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Three men who tried to smuggle more than 300kg of cocaine into Western Australia have been jailed for a combined 29 years after their luxury sports cruiser sank off Albany. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.

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00:00Three men who attempted to smuggle more than 300 kilograms of cocaine into Western Australia

00:05have been sentenced to a combined 29 years and six months in prison after their luxury cruiser

00:11Aces and Eights capsized off Albany. The trio, aged 38, 47 and 51, were rescued from the ocean

00:19before police discovered their story about a fishing trip did not add up. Nearly a week later,

00:25cocaine packages began washing ashore, prompting a nationwide investigation. The men were arrested

00:32within weeks as one man, the registered owner of Aces and Eights, was discovered in a secret

00:37compartment under a spa and had a loaded gun in a bag beside him. The trio were sentenced in the

00:44Perth District Court to a combined 29 years in prison.

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