After declaring that the mystery cocaine that had been washing up on New South Wales beaches had probably run out, another 50kg (110lb) of the Class A narcotic has since been discovered.
Nearly 40kg (88lb) of drugs were found at one location when 39 bricks were discovered in a single package which washed ashore on a Botany beach this week.
North Bondi lifeguards also found a package floating in the waters of their patrol area on New Year’s Day.
After the initial findings, before the New Year, police said that most of the cocaine had probably been discovered, as most of the cargo ships, where police believe the cocaine came from, contained about 120 kg (264 pounds) of the drug.
However, the latest confirmed findings bring the total to 170 kg (374 pounds) of drugs handed over to police since December 22.
Nearly 40kg (88lb) of drugs were found at one location when 39 bricks were discovered in a single package which washed ashore on a Botany beach this week. New South Wales Police
Despite the initial discovery days earlier, it was not until Christmas Eve that police first issued a public warning about the packages, when more drugs began turning up on the northern beaches from Sydney to Newcastle.
To date, packages have been found at Blacksmiths Beach, Pelican Beach, Pantaloon Bay, Magenta Beach, Avoca Beach, Barrenjoey Headland, Ocean Beach, Manly Beach, North Bondi and Botany.
Other large quantities that have been found at one location include 39kg (85lb) found on Boxing Day when a fisherman on Barrenjoey Headland found a blue barrel floating off the coast and 39 sealed bricks found in a single parcel which was washed up in Newcastle. Ocean. Baths the same day.
NSW Police State Crime Command director Jason Weinstein told ABC the shipment was believed to have originated in South America and cargo ships were the preferred method of smuggling the drug. .
After the initial findings, before the New Year, police said that most of the cocaine had probably been discovered, as most of the cargo ships, where police believe the cocaine came from, contained around 120 kg of the drug. fake images
“We know that unions will use various methods through container shipping,” he said.
“Sometimes we see objects being deliberately thrown into the ocean for another ship to pick up.
“The reason it is showing up now is probably due to the tropical storm in northern Queensland and the significant rough seas and king tides in recent weeks.”
It is not clear whether the packages that have been arriving on the beaches were thrown overboard or lost in some type of accident, but due to the presence of barnacles in some of the discoveries, it is believed that they have been in the water for some time. .
Weinstein also asked people not to search for the remaining packages after a duo had to be rescued by water police in Pittwater while they were reportedly conducting their own search.
“If someone is caught in possession of one of these bricks, it’s a large commercial amount and that carries 25 years to life in prison, so it’s a significant penalty,” he said.
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