CANBERRA, ACT, June 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release by the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF) agencies
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The AFP has seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine - the largest ever cocaine seizure in Australia - as part of an investigation into an organised crime plot to import and distribute significant quantities of border-controlled drugs along Australia's east coast.
The seizure formed part of Operation Minjiang, a Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF) investigation. It follows the previous seizure of 178kg of cocaine and 142kg of methamphetamine, representing a total seizur...