Australian police are scouring beaches after packages believed to contain more than 120kg of cocaine washed up over the Christmas period. Image credit: Pixabay
Australian police are scouring beaches after packages believed to contain more than 120kg of cocaine washed up over the Christmas period. Image credit: Pixabay
Australian police said on Wednesday they were scouring beaches after mysterious packages believed to contain more than 120kg of cocaine washed up over the Christmas period.
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A first batch of 39 barnacle-encrusted, 1kg bricks of suspected cocaine was discovered on Friday near Magenta Beach, north of Sydney, police said.
Since then, another 85 packages of the same size had been spotted along about 80km of the New South Wales coastline, state police said.
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Police urged people to report any suspicious packages, Detective Chief Superintendent Jason Weinstein said in a statement.
“Detectives and specialist police are currently combing beaches and coastlines for any outstanding packages and working behind the scenes to make sure we find and hold accountable those responsible,” said Weinstein, who is director of the state’s crime command.
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
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