Cocaine packages totalling 124kg found washed up on beaches between Sydney and Newcastle

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About 39kg of the drug was found by a fisherman on Tuesday, before a similar amount was discovered in Newcastle

A fisherman on Sydney’s northern beaches is one of several members of the public to discover packages containing 124kg of cocaine that have washed up on the New South Wales coast, sparking a police investigation.

NSW police on Wednesday confirmed its state crime command were investigating after the packages were discovered on beaches between Sydney and Newcastle from Friday. The initial barnacle-encrusted discoveries sparked a warning against removing or opening any more that were discovered.

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