中新网3月13日电 澳大利亚新南威尔士州警方12日说，警方破获从东南亚进口250公斤的可卡因。这批可卡因的市值超过8000万美元。

　　据联合早报网报道，海关官员在码头一个家具集装箱内，发现多个绿茶“铁观音”大袋内装满可卡因，于是悄然跟踪集装箱运到悉尼的一个货仓，才下手逮捕一男两女毒犯。

　　该州警察首长希皮翁内形容破获这批可卡因的数量，是“非常惊人的。”

　　他对记者说：“250公斤的可卡因，不会给澳大利亚毒灾增添麻烦了。”

　　警探总长莱曼便士，警方接到有人把数百万澳元存进东南亚多个户头的情报后，追查到一个毒帮偷运这批可卡因进入澳大利亚。

　　他说：“转账是引起我们调查的线索。”这是我们追查这些毒帮的一个途径，进一步的行动就是搜捕。”

　　当局以进口商用可卡因的罪名，提控一名50岁男子，以及分别是25岁和28岁的两名女子。他们如果被定罪，最高刑罚是终身监禁。

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/money-trail-ends-in-87m-cocaine-seizure/2008/03/12/1205126014038.html


FOLLOWING the money trail, which involved millions of dollars in transfers from Australia to a South-East Asian country, led police to a giant cocaine ring.

Three Australians appeared in two Sydney courts yesterday after the eight-week investigation, which resulted in the seizure of 250 kilograms of high-grade cocaine.

The drugs were concealed inside packets labelled as green tea in 10 cardboard boxes in the rear of a shipping container of furniture that arrived in Sydney on March 4, a customs official said.

The haul, the fourth-largest seizure in Australian history with a street value of $87.5 million, was intercepted by members of the multi-agency Joint Asian Crime Group. Police carried out nine raids at properties in Hurstville, Allawah, Rockdale, Auburn, Glebe and inner Sydney.

The accused - Frank Hu, 50, of Hurstville, and two women, Dan Wang, 28, from Rockdale, and Yue Ma, 25, from Allawah - were charged with importing and attempted possession of a commercial quantity of cocaine.

Hu is also charged with dealing with the proceeds of crime.

Hu faced Central Local Court and was refused bail. He is due to reappear on April 30. He was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in a Kogarah street. The women were arrested the same day.

Wang appeared at Sutherland Local Court while Ma also appeared in Central Local Court. The prosecutor at the Sutherland Local Court, Sergeant Katherine Crumblin, said customs officers inspected the container and found the cocaine. Police officers substituted it with a harmless substance and monitored the delivery.

Wang, originally from China, is accused of being responsible for the unloading and safekeeping of the drugs. She remained silent throughout the hearing.

The magistrate, Jayeanne Carney, denied bail, saying the offence, which has a maximum penalty of life, carried a presumption against bail.

Officers wheeled out about 40 kilograms of the drug at a news conference yesterday, leaving the room with a strong chemical smell.

That\'s one-quarter of a tonne of cocaine that won\'t be on the streets of Sydney tonight, dealing misery, the Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, said.