{"id":24665,"date":"2026-06-22T11:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=24665"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:57:36","slug":"oz-cops-land-2700-kg-of-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/?p=24665","title":{"rendered":"Oz cops land 2,700 kg of cocaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DSDIEaIDU8U?si=4fWOQyPX0H_qnGG6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAustralian police seized a record 2,700 kg of cocaine hidden in underground bunkers at a \u200bproperty near Sydney, authorities said on Monday, \u200cin what they described as the country&#8217;s largest-ever cocaine bust. The \u2060latest seizure follows earlier interceptions of 178 kg (392.4 lb) of cocaine and 142 kg of methamphetamine linked to \u2060the \u200bsame investigation, taking the total \u200bamount of drugs seized to more than three tonnes.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a38d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a38d.jpg 960w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a38d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a38d-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said the cocaine, which has an estimated \u200bstreet value of about A$816 million ($572.3m USD), was \u200bstashed in plastic tubs buried inside three \u2060shipping containers with false floors. Two men, \u200baged 21 and 25, were arrested after \u200battempting to flee the scene on foot.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b5.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24668\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/241202-australia-cocaine-bust-wc-0802-e6e4b6.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/241202-australia-cocaine-bust-wc-0802-e6e4b6.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/241202-australia-cocaine-bust-wc-0802-e6e4b6-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/241202-australia-cocaine-bust-wc-0802-e6e4b6-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260219_Op-MINJIANG_Search-warrant-at-Londonderry-NSW-12-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1441\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260219_Op-MINJIANG_Search-warrant-at-Londonderry-NSW-12-scaled-1.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260219_Op-MINJIANG_Search-warrant-at-Londonderry-NSW-12-scaled-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260219_Op-MINJIANG_Search-warrant-at-Londonderry-NSW-12-scaled-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260219_Op-MINJIANG_Search-warrant-at-Londonderry-NSW-12-scaled-1-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260219_Op-MINJIANG_Search-warrant-at-Londonderry-NSW-12-scaled-1-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260219_Op-MINJIANG_Search-warrant-at-Londonderry-NSW-12-scaled-1-1153x2048.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1441px) 100vw, 1441px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The cocaine seized in Sydney was imported near Midge Point in North Queensland before being transported south. A Sydney-based organized crime group is responsible.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Operation Minjiang began in May after Queensland Police discovered 40 kilograms of cocaine floating near a boat ramp at Midge Point while responding to reports of a burnt-out flatbed truck.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation subsequently expanded across Queensland and New South Wales, leading to multiple arrests and search warrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian police seized a record 2,700 kg of cocaine hidden in underground bunkers at a \u200bproperty near Sydney, authorities said on Monday, \u200cin what they described as the country&#8217;s largest-ever cocaine bust. The \u2060latest seizure follows earlier interceptions of 178 kg (392.4 lb) of cocaine and 142 kg of methamphetamine linked to \u2060the \u200bsame investigation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a38d.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24674,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24665\/revisions\/24674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangsterismout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}