<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian authorities have seized a $9 million haul of cocaine hidden inside a shipping container at Sydney's Port Botany.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The drugs concealed in 22 wrapped plastic blocks and tracking devices were revealed by X-ray scans when Australian Border Force officials intercepted the refrigerated container on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers became suspicious after noticing irregularities in the rear of the container.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/social-media-ban-australia-meta-begins-locking-out-children/f1c32ba4-ded4-48f5-b751-c41bdcdb8ecf" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Meta begins locking out Australian children from social media accounts</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The drugs haul weighed 27kg, and officers say it was equivalent to about 135,000 street-level deals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Australian Federal Police seized the illicit drugs and investigators are conducting further inquiries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Since October, about 145kg of cocaine has been found by authorities in refrigerated containers.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/cocaine-worth-nine-million-dollars-seized-at-port-botany/fd8a0095-e4d0-4187-ba29-82a40d0e9c98" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>AFP Detective Acting Superintendent Aaron Burgess said the drug busts showed Australian authorities, working alongside international law enforcement partners, were disrupting smuggling attempts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Transnational criminal syndicates will go to any extreme in their attempts to import harmful illicit substances into our country," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are here to remind them that we have the skills and ability to disrupt these ventures."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>