Australian police find cocaine worth $14 million near body of diver
CNN
Australian police launched a probe on Tuesday after 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of suspected cocaine, estimated to be worth about 20 million Australian dollars ($14 million), was found near the body of a diver washed up on a riverbank in the state of New South Wales.
A man wearing high-end diving equipment was found lying unconscious near the Hunter River at Newcastle, about 170 kilometers (106 miles) north of Sydney, on Monday, New South Wales police said. Despite treatment by paramedics, the man -- whose identity is not known -- died at the scene.
Several packages, which contained a white powder believed to be cocaine, were found nearby.
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