Border forces detected the boat off Australia’s west coast on April 27, but when it was boarded at sea several days later no drugs were found.
Police said their inquiries led instead to two properties in the Western Australia state capital Perth with 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of crystal methylamphetamine, or ice, found in one and 50 kilograms in the other.
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