Australian authorities have charged 13 people in connection with a cocaine seizure valued at approximately $760 million, marking the country's largest such operation.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged 13 individuals, including the vice-president of the Brisbane chapter of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle club, following a massive cocaine seizure . The haul, comprising 2.34 tonnes of cocaine, was valued at around $760 million and could have resulted in 11.7 million individual street deals.
The operation, codenamed Operation Tyrrendor, was a joint effort between the AFP, Queensland Police Service (QPS), and Australian Border Force (ABF) targeting a transnational organized crime syndicate. The arrests were made after the recreational fishing boat carrying the drugs became stranded off the northeastern tip of K’gari due to a suspected mechanical breakdown
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