Brisbane man charged for using trucking firm to move multi-ton cocaine interstate

Police conducting Operation Minjiang have confiscated 2.78 tonnes of cocaine and 142 kg of methamphetamine, the largest seizure in Australia to date. A man from Kangaroo Point was detained at the airport and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug and dealing with property suspected to be crime proceeds. Investigators say he coordinated the movement of cocaine from a suspected safe house in Petrie to a Loganholme location before employing his legitimate transport firm to ship the narcotics interstate to New South Wales and Victoria, where the drugs were later found in Londonderry, Sydney.

Electronic devices taken from his home are slated for digital forensic analysis. Parallel raids at the Loganholme residence and in Erskine Park, NSW, uncovered packaging remnants, a semi-automatic pistol, a sawed-off shotgun, and $10,000 in cash, leading to the arrest of a 23-year-old who faces firearm and drug charges. A total of twelve individuals remain before courts in Queensland and NSW as the investigation continues.