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Teens admit roles in Australia's largest cocaine bust

Otago Daily Times Online News·Wednesday, 6 May 2026·27 days ago
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Two teenagers will be the first sentenced over the largest cocaine bust in Australia's history after they admitted trying to collect two tonnes of the drug from an offshore boat. The two men, now aged 19, faced Queensland Supreme Court on Wednesday for sentencing after pleading guilty to attempting to possess a commercial quantity of imported drugs, The teens were aged 17 when they joined with six others for what they called a "shore party" intended to bring bags full of cocaine bricks ashore on Queensland's Fraser Coast on November 30, 2024. The teens had been promised "life-changing money" of up to $300,000 each for the job, crown prosecutor Jacob Robson said Police already had the group under surveillance, leading to a seizure of thousands of bricks of cocaine and the arrest of 13 people. The 1.954 tonnes of cocaine had come from an large "mothership" in international waters before being transferred to medium-sized boat named True Grit , Mr Robson said.…

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