Australian police seized the country’s largest haul of cocaine aboard a fishing boat that had broken down near the coast of Queensland, arresting 13 people alleged to be part of a drug-smuggling syndicate.

Australian authorities scored the biggest cocaine bust in the nation's history over the weekend, seizing more than 2 tons of cocaine worth about $500 million, reports the BBC. The remarkable thing was how easy it was: Authorities say the smugglers' boat broke down off the coast of Queensland,

Australian authorities have seized 2.3 tonnes of cocaine off Queensland’s coast, making it the largest cocaine bust in Australia's history.

Australian Police have seized 2.3 tonnes of cocaine from a broken-down boat off the coast of Queensland, authorities said on Monday. Eleven men and two juveniles were arrested, including the vessel's crew and others waiting on the shore to collect the illegal shipment.

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

The Australian Federal Police has charged 11 men and two juveniles over an alleged conspiracy to import 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into Australia by sea.

Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat and arrested 13 people in raids. The drugs had a sale value of $494 million and investigators told reporters in Brisbane that the drugs were transported from an unidentified South American country.

Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after the suspects' boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, authorities said Monday. The drugs had a sale value of 760 million Australian dollars ($494 million) and equaled as many as 11.

Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after the suspects' boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, authorities said Monday.