Thirteen charged after police foil largest alleged cocaine importation in Australia’s history

Drugs with estimated street value of $760m seized off Queensland's K'gari island after AFP operation

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More than a dozen people have been charged over an alleged multimillion dollar attempted import of cocaine into Australia, the largest in the nation's history.

Australian federal police charged 11 men and two juveniles with conspiring to import 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into the country by sea.

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