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Cocaine washes up on beaches across Sydney as police warn of growing drug trade
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This file photo shows packages of cocaine that have been found at beaches in or around Sydney since December 2022.
PHOTO: NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE/FACEBOOK
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SYDNEY – On Dec 22 at 8pm, police in Australia were called to a quiet beach north of Sydney after a person discovered a strange package that had washed ashore.
The package, which was covered with barnacles, was found after testing to contain 39kg of cocaine that had been carefully wrapped in plastic.
