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
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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.