Dead body, 200 kilograms of cocaine found on Australia-bound yacht
1,697 views · Published 17 December 2012 · 0:29 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics
Two hundred kilograms of cocaine and a dead body were found on a yacht that ran aground in Tonga, Australian Federal Police said. The yacht was found on Nov. 5 on the uninhabited Luatafito atoll. Australian police were tracking the yacht, named JeReVe, when left Ecuador in August but lost surveillance on the vessel on Oct. 5. The yacht was found on Nov. 5 on Luatafito, 10 nautical miles off the capital of Tonga. On board the yacht were one decomposed body and 204 kilograms of cocaine with a market value of US$120 million.
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