Customs staff scanned more than 800 shipping containers before they found bags of cocaine in with boxes of bananas
Customs staff scanned more than 800 shipping containers before they found bags of cocaine in with boxes of bananas
16 November 2018
They'd been tipped off by Australian authorities before nabbing the 190 kilogram haul in cargo on a ship from Panama.
Customs Investigations Manager Bruce Berry says the drugs were wrapped by the kilo, and stashed in five duffel bags.
He says they only had about a day and a half to screen the 800 containers, as they can't grind the economy to a halt.
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