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A maritime law expert says local authorities had no power to detain the ship involved in the latest large cocaine bust near French Polynesia.
In their major third seizure in a month, French authorities found two-point-four tonnes of cocaine on a boat stopped in international waters last week.
French Polynesia’s High Commission said the vessel’s flag state refused to relinquish jurisdiction so it was allowed on its way after the drugs were dumped into the ocean.
Professor Donald Rothwell from the Australian National University says there are limited situations in which a ship can be detained in international waters.
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