{"id":128020,"date":"2019-07-17T04:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T04:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T04:30:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T04:30:37","slug":"massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><code>      An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar excavator which had been shipped to Australia from South Africa.      \n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The huge haul was spotted by the Australian Border Force after the machine was X-rayed at the Sydney Container examination facility in June. The bust led to two significant arrests on Sunday as police swooped down on the suspected smugglers in the sleepy town of Bungendore in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The drugs were likely destined for the cities of Melbourne and Canberra as well as for ski resorts in the aptly named Snowy Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Border Force officers found hundreds of 1kg cocaine packages concealed in the hollow hydraulic lifting arm of the excavator. The drugs have a street value of $144 million AUS ($101 million).<\/p>\n<p>After the discovery the machine was patched up by authorities who then carried out a <em>\u201ccontrolled delivery\u201d<\/em> of the Trojan excavator to its intended destination. Police units then swarmed a building in Bungendore on Sunday morning, arresting two men.<\/p>\n<p>The smuggling operation was <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.abf.gov.au\/releases\/joint-operation-sees-384kg-of-cocaine-seized-two-charged\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">described<\/a> as <em>\u201cincredibly sophisticated\u201d<\/em> by the Australian Border Forces Deputy Commissioner of Operations Sharon Huey.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur officers have highly sophisticated technolog<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/464298-cocaine-found-excavator-australia\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=RSS\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a0\/Russia-today-logo.svg\/1200px-Russia-today-logo.svg.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RT<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar exca..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar exca..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR - Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar exca..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-17T04:30:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"980\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"551\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\"},\"headline\":\"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-17T04:30:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/\",\"name\":\"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR - Business News Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-17T04:30:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar exca..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png\",\"width\":980,\"height\":551},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Business News Report\",\"description\":\"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BNReport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/business.newsreport\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\",\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/infopal11\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR - Business News Report","description":"An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar exca..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR - Business News Report","og_description":"An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar exca..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/","og_site_name":"Business News Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","article_published_time":"2019-07-17T04:30:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":980,"height":551,"url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"infopal11","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BNReport","twitter_site":"@BNReport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"infopal11","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/"},"author":{"name":"infopal11","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f"},"headline":"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR","datePublished":"2019-07-17T04:30:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/"},"wordCount":185,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/","name":"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR - Business News Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png","datePublished":"2019-07-17T04:30:37+00:00","description":"An enormous stash of cocaine weighing 384kg has been found hidden inside a 20-tonne Caterpillar exca..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5d2dd283dda4c861138b456f.png","width":980,"height":551},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/massive-cocaine-haul-worth-over-100-million-found-concealed-in-excavator\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Massive cocaine haul worth over $100 million found concealed in EXCAVATOR"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","name":"Business News Report","description":"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","width":200,"height":50,"caption":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BNReport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business.newsreport"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f","name":"infopal11","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/author\/infopal11\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}