Two men from Victoria and South Africa are charged with trafficking the drug into Australia
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Two men are accused of trafficking 200kg of cocaine into Australia in a clandestine plot involving a small aircraft, a remote airstrip and night-vision goggles.
Australian federal police arrested a Victorian man, 48, and a South African national, 44, in Perth’s central business district at 6pm on Saturday after an investigation that began in October.
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