Dockworkers arrested after 1,116 kilos of cocaine discovered hidden behind faux wall in delivery container in Sydney

Three Sydney dockworkers have been charged over an enormous cargo of cocaine in a regulation enforcement investigation into trusted insiders importing illicit medication into Australia, authorities stated on Tuesday.

The three, aged 25, 38 and 42, appeared in a Sydney court docket on Monday charged over 1,116 kilos of cocaine discovered hidden behind a false wall in a delivery container on the Sydney waterfront on the weekend, Australian Federal Police stated in an announcement. The cocaine had a avenue worth of greater than $107 million.

Police stated investigators arrested the person the 25-year-old suspect as he exited the delivery container. Authorities discovered a crowbar, an angle grinder and different instruments, which they allege the person was utilizing to chop into the false wall of the delivery container.

Police launched a number of photographs of the operation.

The older two males had been forklift drivers employed by a worldwide delivery and logistics firm that authorities haven’t named.

Police additionally discovered $216,240 in money which they allege is the proceeds of crime.

All three face potential life sentences if convicted.

The 42-year-old man was launched on bail however the others had been remanded in custody. They’ll all seem in court docket subsequent on Oct. 29.

The delivery container was despatched from Europe, however the supply of the cocaine remained below investigation, in response to police.

The lads had been arrested by the Multi Company Strike Group. The group is made up of state and federal businesses who goal “trusted insiders” inside provide chains that permit organized crime teams to smuggle illicit medication into Australia.

“To anybody lured in by the false promise of riches from drug importations – these offenses carry the potential of life in jail,” Detective Superintendent Peter Fogarty stated in a assertion.

Final December, Australian police seized a file 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 individuals in raids after a fishing boat broke down off the coast of Queensland.