Huge haul of cocaine is seized from a container ship in Western Australia
- About 900kg of cocaine seized at Fremantle
- AFP, Border Force and WA Police made the bust
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One of Australia’s biggest ever drug busts has been made on board a container ship from South America.
Approximately 900kg of cocaine was found on the bulk carrier, St Pinot, by three law enforcement agencies at the Kwinana Bulk Terminal in Western Australia.
The drugs, believed to have come from South America are estimated to have a street value of at least $375million.
The seizure was the result of a joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and WA Police.
Officers from the AFP, Border Force and WA Police were present when the St Pinot, sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, was searched leading to the seizure of 900kg of cocaine
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Officers from all three agencies were present when the ship, sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, was searched.
Footage of the search showed Australian law enforcement agents being lowered inside the haul of the carrier to conduct their search.
‘The AFP, Australian Border Force (ABF) and WA Police Force are searching a cargo vessel as part of an ongoing operation,’ an AFP spokesperson confirmed to Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday evening.
The St Pinot left the port of San Lorenzo, in Argentina on April 16 before stopping at Petrobras and La Plata, also in the South American nation.
It took just over five weeks to reach Fremantle before sailing south to Kwinana.
It is not known whether any arrests have been made yet in connection with the seizure.
