Yachties in Australia's third-largest police drug haul



5:26 AM Fri 15 Oct 2010 GMT
'Police have seized an estimated $160m worth of drugs from this yacht off the Queensland coast.' .
'If he's a yachtie he must be okay.' There is an ongoing trust among yachties that the guy who just berthed beside you, whose lines you took and who will probably let yours off tomorrow, must be 'okay'. Ninety-nine percent of the time the adage holds, but where Australia's third largest ever drug haul is concerned this week, it would be just as well not to be having a casual drink with the crew when the police arrive. Australian authorities have just cornered two sailing boats - a yacht and a catamaran - in the third largest drug haul in ...


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by Brisbane Times/Sail-World Cruising





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