About half a billion dollars worth of cocaine — enough to service the New Zealand market for 30 years — was found floating in the Pacific Ocean

Wed, 02/08/2023 - 04:55

Bales of cocaine trapped in a net in the Pacific Ocean — Bales of cocaine were seized by New Zealand authorities.
New Zealand Police Media Team

Half a billion dollars worth of cocaine was discovered floating around the Pacific Ocean.
A total of 81 bales of cocaine, weighing 3.2 tonnes, were intercepted by the New Zealand Police.
Some of the packages carried identifiable stickers like a four-leaf clover and a Batman logo.

Roughly half a billion dollars worth of cocaine was discovered floating around in the Pacific Ocean — enough to service the New Zealand market for 30 years — according to a statement by the country's police on Wednesday.