Dead body, 200 kg of cocaine found on Tonga yacht
- Published: 16 Nov 2012 at 13.47
- Online news: Asia
A yacht that washed up on a deserted island in the South Pacific with a badly decomposed body on board was carrying more than 200 kilograms of cocaine worth up to $120 million, police said on Friday.
This photo, made available by the Australian Federal Police, shows packages of illegal drugs drugs concealed in terracotta pots, found and siezed from a yacht in Tonga. The yacht which washed up on a Pacific atoll with a badly decomposed body onboard was carrying more than 200 kilograms of cocaine worth as much as $120 mln, according to police.
Australian Federal Police said international law agencies had been monitoring the 13-metre (42-foot) yacht "JeReVe" from when it left South America until they lost contact with it last month.
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