A man who was part of an operation to import half a tonne of cocaine into WA is sentenced to 22 years in prison.
The 560 kilograms of cocaine seized at a house in Kalbarri last year.Siosifa Kolomatoagi Faiva was one of three men charged after half a tonne of cocaine was seized at a property in Kalbarri last year.
He had also accumulated a drug debt of around $130,000 which prompted him to accept an offer of $300,000 to help retrieve the drugs. Faiva then began communicating with a co-accused via encrypted messages and informed him that he had found the bags.Photo shows A close-up shot of large plastic-wrapped packages containing cocaine and taped up with Australian Federal Police tape.
Officers seized the 560-kilogram stash of cocaine, estimated be worth up to $250 million, along with mobile phones, and about $30,000 in cash.
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