An international covert operation has intercepted a record of 2.4 tonnes of cocaine, estimated to be worth A$1 billion ($677 million), from entering Western Australia in what is believed to be the nation’s biggest drug bust.
The Western Australian (WA) Police Force said on Saturday that it has arrested 12 individuals, including an American, who are allegedly involved in the drug smuggling and connected to a Mexican drug cartel.
“It [the cocaine] represented more than half of the annual cocaine consumption in Australia as a whole. That is significant in itself,” detective senior sergeant David Palmer said in a video posted by WA police….