<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 28 kilograms of cocaine has been seized from a luxury bus held on a ship in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australia"><span>South Australia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Border Force officers searched a bus aboard a "roll on roll off" vessel anchored at Outer Harbor, in the Port of Adelaide, on February 16.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Using videoscopes and detector dogs, a forensic search of the luxury bus uncovered several one-kilogram packages of a white powdered substance hidden behind a built-in TV.</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/chris-baghsarian-police-probe-burntout-car-as-search-for-missing-sydney-grandfather-continues/3faa5a44-1920-4937-9a39-3574aed595f6" rel="" target="" title="Police probe burnt-out car as search for missing grandfather Chris Baghsarian continues"><strong><span>Police probe burnt-out car as search for missing grandfather Chris Baghsarian continues</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police discovered a total of about 28 kilograms of the substance, which tested positive for cocaine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Federal Police officers seized the illicit drugs and started further investigations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Had the drugs reached the Australian community, they would have had an estimated street value of about $9 million.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/south-australian-police-outer-harbor-police-uncover-28-kilograms-of-cocaine/67740df3-b620-42b0-b4a0-a8cfaecab945" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Criminals are driven by their own greed and profit and will attempt any method to import harmful illicit substance into our country," AFP Detective Acting Superintendent Simon Lalic said.</span></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/measles-alert-sydney-airport-nsw/d71b2ba8-120f-481a-b55a-be109cbdbf4f"><strong><span>Measles alert issued for Sydney Airport, two flights</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No matter how creative these criminals attempt to be, our message is clear – we are on to you."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As many as 140,000 street-level deals could have occurred if authorities hadn't intercepted the cocaine packages.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Every detection of illicit drugs at the border reduces drug-related crimes in the Australian community and takes money out of the hands of international criminal syndicates," Australian Border Force Superintendent Griswood said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I commend the highly skilled officers involved, who were vital to the detection of this large quantity of cocaine, thereby preventing significant community harm."</span></div></div><div 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