Almost three tonnes of cocaine found buried at Sydney property

Australian federal police uncovered 2.7 tonnes of cocaine buried in secret bunkers at a semi-rural property in Londonderry on Sydney’s western fringes, an operation the force says is the country’s biggest ever cocaine seizure. Officers allege the drugs were stored in plastic tubs buried in underground bunkers concealed beneath three shipping containers.

Two men, aged 21 and 25, were arrested and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug. Police estimated the seizure had a street value of about $816m, equal to roughly 3 million “street-level deals.” Investigators allege the cocaine was imported near Midge Point in north Queensland and brought to Sydney “at the behest of a Sydney organised crime group.” The discovery formed part of Operation Minjiang, a joint investigation by the AFP, Queensland police, the Australian Border Force and other agencies; the probe began after about 40kg of cocaine was allegedly found in the water off a boat ramp at Midge Point.

Australia, Londonderry, Sydney

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