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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