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Cocaine submarines – Australia's new drug frontier

Feb 18, 2025
12:38

We already knew that many Australians are often eager consumers of illicit drugs, with Sydney sometimes referred to as a Cocaine Capital. The only place where it’s more expensive to buy cocaine, in the world, other than Australia, is Saudi Arabia. That’s how sought after it is. 

But our police now have a new frontier in cocaine trafficking that’s keeping them on their toes. 

Today, crime reporter Sally Rawsthorne on the most fearsome drug cartels that are using submarines and other methods, to bring massive amounts of cocaine into Australia. 

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