CANBERRA, ACT, May 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett
Seventeen tonnes of illicit drugs, mostly cocaine, has been seized by local and international law enforcement in the Pacific since January. That equates to about three tonnes of illicit drugs seized every month since the start of this year.
For the entire year in 2025, the total seizure of illicit drugs in the Pacific region was about 4.6 tonnes.
The increase is partly because greedy and ruthless narco-gangs are trying to make more money by identifying new ways to traffic illicit drugs. The use of semi-submersible vehicles to cross the Pacific is one example.
The magnitude and endless maritime trafficking of illicit dr...