In short:
A sixth man has been charged over an alleged plot to use an international livestock carrier to drop 525kg of cocaine into the ocean off WA’s coast near Lancelin.
Police allege the 44-year-old was part of a group responsible for collecting the cocaine and bringing it to shore.
The plan was foiled when fishermen discovered the large package of drugs tied to flotation drums.
A sixth man has been charged over an alleged plot to import half a tonne of cocaine into Western Australia using an international livestock carrier.
Fishermen discovered the large package of drugs tied to flotation drums about 30 kilometres off the coast of Lancelin, north of Perth, on November 6.
Officers from WA Police and the Australian Federal Police collected the bundle later that day and estimated the 525 kilogram parcel of cocaine had a street value of more than $170 million.
A special taskforce was already investigating suspicious activity by an international vessel off WA, the Al Kuwait, when police were alerted to the discovery.
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