New Zealand Police Find 3.5 Tons of Cocaine in Pacific Ocean

New Zealand Police Find 3.5 Tons of Cocaine in Pacific Ocean
A shipment of cocaine floats on the surface of the Pacific Ocean with Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui behind in an undated photo. NZ Police via AP
The Associated Press
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand police said Wednesday they found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate.

While they had yet to make any arrests, police said they had dealt a financial blow to everyone from the South American producers of the drugs through to the distributors in what was the nation’s largest-ever drug seizure.