Police are asking the general public for assist in busting a felony syndicate behind the importation through cargo ship of 700 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated road worth of $280 million.

Australian Border Pressure officers discovered the medicine on July 22 whereas inspecting containers on the vessel Maersk Inverness at Port Botany in Sydney.

Federal police seized 28 denim luggage, every holding about 25 kilograms of cocaine in brick kind, the AFP and ABF mentioned in a press release on Saturday.

Forensic examination recognized completely different emblems on the bricks, together with the numerals 5 and 365 and the phrase Netflix, the companies mentioned.

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AFP Detective Inspector Luke Wilson mentioned the ship, which has been allowed to proceed its journey, had stopped at ports in Central America and South America earlier than making its approach to Australia.

Insp Wilson mentioned the interception of the medicine could be a major blow to what was doubtless a well-resourced felony syndicate.

“We’re nonetheless investigating the place the medicine had been loaded and who was planning to gather them in Australia,” he mentioned.

“The AFP estimates this seizure has saved the neighborhood greater than $451 million in drug-related hurt.”

ABF Detained Items NSW Superintendent Joanne Yeats mentioned the seizure confirmed the technical experience of officers who detected the cocaine.

She mentioned the company had disrupted the felony community’s provide and “stopped this massive cargo of cocaine from coming into our neighborhood”.