Three jailed following botched drug importation by boat off Western Australia in 2023

Almost a week later, a plastic-wrapped package containing multiple smaller packages of cocaine washed ashore near Denmark, about 55 kilometres west of Albany, before a seven-metre pleasure boat named Aces and Eights was found overturned off Peaceful Bay, about 45 kilometres west of Denmark, on February 8, 2023 (pictured).

That night, AFP officers executed a search warrant on the cruiser and seized 273 packages containing about 274 kg of a white substance.

Forensic testing confirmed the total pure weight of the cocaine found inside the vessel to be 229.17 kg.