525kg of cocaine found floating off WA coast

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Four men, including the chief officer of an international livestock carrier, have been charged over their alleged roles in an organised crime plot to import more than 525kg of cocaine, after packages of the drug were found floating in the ocean off Western Australia.

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00:00Police have seized more than 500 kilograms of cocaine off the coast of Western Australia.

00:06On Thursday, November 6, members of the public alerted police after finding large packages

00:12tied to flotation drums about 30 kilometres offshore. WA Police and AFP officers responded

00:19and collected the packages off the coast of Lancelin, with the alleged seizure estimated

00:24to contain approximately 525 kilograms of cocaine. Four men have since been charged over their alleged

00:31roles in the organised crime plot and are due before the courts, with the fifth male currently

00:37being sought by police, believed to be in New South Wales. This was a Western Australian Joint

00:42Organised Crime Task Force investigation and a significant amount of cocaine has been taken

00:48out of the hands of criminal entities. Investigations remain ongoing

00:54into the organised crime syndicate and the origin of the cocaine.

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