3 min readJun 22, 2026 02:07 PM IST The Australian Federal Police seized their largest ever haul of cocaine – 2.7 tonnes of cocaine – during an investigation into an organised crime plot to import and distribute border-controlled drugs along the country’s east coast, on Friday (June 19). The seizure was a part of Operation Minjiang, a Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce investigation. It follows the previous seizure of 178 kg of cocaine and 142 kg of methamphetamine, representing a total seizure of more than 3 tonnes of border-controlled drugs. According to the joint media release by the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce agencies, the estimated street value of this amount of cocaine would amount to about $816 million and equates to almost three million street-level deals. Police executed a search warrant at a semi-rural property in Londonderry, near western Sydney. While inspecting three shipping containers near the rear, the cocaine was recovered from plastic tubs buried in underground bunkers covered by false container floors. Two men, aged 21 and 25, tried to flee the …