A man has been jailed after police busted a 188kg cocaine shipment sent into Australia by a Mexican drug cartel. 9News
The 50-year-old Sydney man, from Picnic Point, was sentenced to nine years in prison, with a non-parole period of five years, yesterday.A man has been jailed over the attempted importation of 188 kilograms of cocaine from a Mexican drug cartel.
Investigators later observed the man moving hundreds of aluminium ingots and trying to access the cocaine he thought was hidden inside.Police estimate the seized cocaine had a street value of $47 million.The cocaine was concealed in aluminium ingots.AFP Detective Acting Superintendent Luke Wilson said cocaine's popularity with Australians made the country a target market.
"The high demand for cocaine in Australia is at the forefront of our battle with organised crime syndicates; they see that big dollar sign over Australia and know the profit they can make is substantially more than any other target market," Wilson said. Police said this shipment, along with most of the cocaine found in Australia, originated from Colombia and other parts of South America.
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