The West Australian exclusiveThe exclusive inside story of bungled billion-dollar Abrolhos drug run

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Australian exclusiveThe exclusive inside story of bungled billion-dollar Abrolhos drug run Main Image: It was the billion-dollar ocean drug run that was supposed to be a breeze for this crew

of able seamen. This is the exclusive inside story of how the plot was hatched and how it went so very, very wrong. Credit: Supplied

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