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Many of Sydney’s beaches deemed to be too polluted for swimming
Any Sydneysiders considering a winter ocean swim today might want to think again. The NSW environment department is warning people to avoid swimming in several locations across the northern beaches and Sydney’s east due to pollution.
After recording more than 40mm of rain around Manly before 9am this morning, beaches from Shelly Beach to North Curl Curl have been flagged as likely to be polluted in the department’s “beachwatch” daily bulletin.
The bulletin also says pollution is likely at Bronte and Coogee in Sydney’s east, and possible at Bondi, Tamarama, Gordons Bay and Clovelly.
The department says the predictions are made using rainfall data to determine the likelihood of bacterial contamination.
Updated at 21.46 EDT42m ago21.18 EDTAFP seizes 247kg of cocaine hidden in yacht’s hull
The Australian federal police has seized 247kg of cocaine hidden inside a yacht’s hull in Townsville and charged two men over the incident.
In a statement, police said the men from Griffith attempted to sling cash over their apartment balcony before their arrest:
Police allege one of the men threw a backpack containing $290,000 cash in a vacuum sealed bag from the apartment balcony when the AFP knocked on the front door and announced they had a search warrant.
Police will allege the cash is proceeds of crime.
AFP Det Supt Adrian Telfer said the cocaine seized on the yacht had an estimated street value of $61,750,000.
The AFP has charged two men with importing a commercial quantity of cocaine as part of an investigation into 247kg of the drug seized from a yacht moored in Townsville. Photograph: Australian federal police
Police allege the men travelled to Townsville from Canberra in May to recover the cocaine from the yacht, which arrived in Townsville in April after sailing from Vanuatu.
The men, aged 55 and 44, appeared in the ACT magistrates court on Friday before being extradited to Brisbane on Saturday.
Both are due to appear in the Brisbane magistrates court on Monday charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug and dealing in the proceeds of crime. The 55-year-old man is also…
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