Three men charged after 500kg of cocaine worth $160m seized in Queensland

Men intercepted travelling on fishing boat off Gladstone in what federal police say is one of the state’s largest cocaine busts

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Police have intercepted one of Queensland’s largest cocaine imports, seizing more than $160m worth of the illicit substance.

The Australian Federal Police busted 500kg of cocaine from a mother-daughter ship operation, intercepting three men at the Boyne Island boat ramp late on Sunday night after they allegedly travelled to an offshore cargo ship to collect the cocaine in an 8.2 metre fishing boat.

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