CANBERRA, ACT, July 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force
Editor's note:Images of the seizure are available via Hightail.
The AFP has charged a Sydney man for allegedly travelling to a town in the Gold Coast hinterland to possess 140kg of cocaine hidden inside two marine engines.
The matter was heard before Southport Magistrates Court yesterday (21 July, 2025).
Investigations began in October, 2024, when Australian Border Force (ABF) officers in Brisbane detected a large quantity of plastic-wrapped blocks inside two wooden-crated marine engines. The engines, each weighing about 4.5 tonnes, arrived from the United States....