SYDNEY (dpa): Two men were charged over their alleged involvement in the importation into Australia of some 560 kilograms of cocaine, authorities said on Sunday.
A 45-year-old man is accused of travelling to the state of Western Australia (WA) in July to collect the cocaine from the ocean near the town of Denham, some 840 kilometres north-west of Perth, after the drugs were allegedly dropped overboard from a bulk cargo carrier, police said in a statement.
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