security forces of Australia seized a shipment of 2.4 tons of cocaine allegedly linked to a Mexican cartel with an estimated value of more than 676 million dollars.
In a statement from the Police Force of Australia Occidentalan undercover operation has emerged that resulted in the seizure off the coast of Western Australia of a 2.4-tonne shipment of cocaine, a record drug seizure in that country.
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In addition, the operation led to the arrest of 12 people who are allegedly linked to a Mexican drug cartel, although the name of the organization was not specified.
They calculated that the value of the cargo is billion dollars Australians, giving an equivalent to 676 million dollars according to the current exchange rate.
The operation began, the authorities explained, in November 2022 following 2.4 tons of cocaine destined for Australia were intercepted by the Sydney Drug Enforcement Administration off the coast of Western Australia.
“This gave the Western Australian Police the opportunity to replace the cargo using an identical inert substance and packaging to that used by the cartel”to find those involved in the trafficking of the confiscated cocaine shipment.
“The investigation was a joint effort between the Transnational Police Force Transnational Organized Crime Squad (TSOC), the Sydney Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and with the assistance of other jurisdictions. state police”said the police corporation.
