2026年6月22日 / 美国东部时间上午6:49 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
澳大利亚侦探周一表示，警方在悉尼郊区地下埋藏的塑料桶中查获了创纪录的3吨可卡因。
联合有组织犯罪调查专案组在一份声明中表示，这是澳大利亚历史上最大规模的可卡因缴获行动。
警方指控一个总部位于悉尼的有组织犯罪团伙安排一艘外国船只在昆士兰州北部卸货，随后将可卡因运往悉尼进行分销。
澳大利亚联邦警察指挥官斯蒂芬·杰伊表示：“对毒品来源的调查仍在进行中，我们将与国际和国内执法伙伴合作，查明犯罪集团的身份。”
他在新闻发布会上表示，这批可卡因的街头销售价值将超过8亿澳元（约合5.6亿美元），“这笔钱不会落入有组织犯罪团伙的口袋”。
警方公布了多起缉毒行动现场照片，显示毒品被藏在大型容器中，以及警员收集证据和拘留嫌疑人的画面。
In this undated photo provided by the Australian Federal Police, a quantity of cocaine is bagged and displayed in Sydney. Australian Federal Police via AP
“我们知道犯罪分子会不择手段，甚至常常冒着生命危险将毒品偷运进入澳大利亚，完全不顾他们给澳大利亚社区造成的危害，”杰伊说道。
警方表示，涉嫌参与向昆士兰州走私毒品的母船“财富号”已被所罗门群岛当局扣留，以便进一步调查。
太平洋岛国已成为从南美和东南亚等地向澳大利亚和新西兰走私利润丰厚的黑市可卡因和甲基苯丙胺的中转点。
警方在社交媒体帖子中表示：“犯罪分子不在乎边境，他们利用我们的海洋贩运毒品。”
警方于周五在伦敦德里一处物业后方的地下掩体中发现了这批可卡因，这些掩体被假地板掩盖。伦敦德里是大悉尼西北部的半农村郊区。
警员逮捕了两名分别为21岁和25岁的男子，他们涉嫌试图逃跑。
两名男子均被指控持有商业数量的非法进口毒品，该项罪名最高可判处终身监禁。
In this photo provided by the Australian Federal Police, a man, center, is arrested by police in Londonderry in western Sydney, Friday, June 19, 2026. Australian Federal Police via AP
警方表示，另有六名涉嫌参与可卡因走私的人员此前已被逮捕，并面临与非法持有毒品相关的指控。其中一名31岁女子据称住在与该行动相关的一处疑似安全屋中，协助藏匿毒品。
根据佩宁顿研究所本月发布的年度过量用药报告，澳大利亚与可卡因相关的死亡人数在2024年激增28%，达到创纪录的141例。该研究所专门研究药物滥用问题。
此次缉毒行动之前，澳大利亚还破获了多起重大毒品案件。
去年9月，悉尼港一个集装箱的假墙后发现超过1000磅可卡因，三名码头工人因此被捕。同月，澳大利亚警方宣布捣毁一个被称为“委员会”的贩毒团伙，该团伙在短短数月内将超过1吨可卡因偷运入境。2024年12月，澳大利亚警方在昆士兰州外海一艘渔船故障后展开突袭行动，缴获2.3吨可卡因并逮捕13人。
此次缉毒行动也是本月破获的第二起地下毒品走私案。6月初，美国当局宣布在墨西哥和加利福尼亚州边境城市之间发现一条长达2000英尺的精密毒品隧道，隧道内配备电力、加固墙体、通风系统和轨道系统。
Record stash of cocaine found buried underground in Australia
June 22, 2026 / 6:49 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
Australian police seized a record 3 tons of cocaine hidden in plastic tubs buried underground on the outskirts of Sydney, detectives said Monday.
It was the largest cocaine haul in Australian history, a joint organized crime investigation force said in a statement.
Police allege a Sydney-based organized crime group arranged for a foreign vessel to offload the cocaine in northern Queensland before moving it to Sydney for distribution.
“Investigations into the origin of the drugs remain ongoing, and we will work with our international and domestic law enforcement partners to identify the criminal syndicates,” Australian Federal Police Commander Stephen Jay said.
The cocaine would have been worth more than Aus$800 ($560 million) in street sales — money that “won’t make it into the pockets of organized crime,” he told a news conference.
Police released multiple images of the bust, showing the dugs concealed in large containers as well as officers collecting evidence and detaining a suspect.
In this undated photo provided by the Australian Federal Police, a quantity of cocaine is bagged and displayed in Sydney. Australian Federal Police via AP
“We know criminals go to extreme lengths, and often risk their own lives, to smuggle drugs into Australia with no regard to the harm they cause to Australian communities,” Jay said.
An alleged mother vessel suspected to be part of the illicit drug importation into Queensland, the MV Wealth, has been detained by authorities in the Solomon Islands for further investigation, police said.
Pacific Island states have become a transit point for lucrative black market cocaine and methamphetamine shipments to Australia and New Zealand from as far as South America and Southeast Asia.
“Criminals don’t care about borders, and they exploit our oceans to traffic drugs,” police said in a post on social media.
Police discovered the cocaine on Friday in plastic tubs buried in underground bunkers that were concealed by false floors.
It was found at the back of a property in Londonderry, a semi-rural northwestern suburb of greater Sydney.
Officers arrested two men aged 21 and 25 who allegedly tried to run away.
Each of the men was charged with possessing a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported drug — an offense that carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
In this photo provided by the Australian Federal Police, a man, center, is arrested by police in Londonderry in western Sydney, Friday, June 19, 2026. Australian Federal Police via AP
Six others allegedly involved in the importation of the cocaine had previously been arrested and charged with offences related to illicit drugs possession, police said. One of them, a 31-year-old woman, allegedly lived at a suspected safehouse connected to the operation and was complicit in the storage of the drugs.
Cocaine-related deaths in Australia surged 28 percent to a record 141 in 2024, according to an annual report on overdoses released this month by the Penington Institute, which researches drug use.
The cocaine seizure follows a string of other major drug busts in Australia.
Last September, three dockworkers were arrested after more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine were found hidden behind a false wall in a shipping container on the Sydney waterfront. That same month, Australian police said they had busted a drug trafficking ring dubbed “The Commission” that brought more than a ton of cocaine into the country in just a few months. In December 2024, Australian police seized 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after a fishing boat broke down off the coast of Queensland.
The bust also marks the second underground drug operation uncovered this month. In early June, U.S. authorities announced the discovery of an elaborate 2,000-foot-long drug tunnel between border cities in Mexico and California, complete with electricity, reinforced walls, ventilation and a rail system.