SYDNEY: Australian police said 70kg of cocaine worth US$12.6mil (RM53mil) has been seized from a yacht, as they crack down on syndicates trafficking drugs through the South Pacific.
Five people, including a Briton and an Estonian, were arrested and remanded over the haul, believed to be one of the largest cocaine seizures in Queensland state history, Australian Federal Police said on Tuesday.
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