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Cocaine suspected as packages of powder wash up on NQ beach
Thursday February 18, 2021
Ten packages of a suspicious white powder believed to be cocaine have washed up on an island in Queensland’s far north.
Packages of white powder washed up on Hinchinbrook Island.(Supplied: Qld Police Service) (ABC pix).
Walkers found the packs, each weighing a kilogram, on a beach at Ramsay Bay, Hinchinbrook Island, on Sunday.
Forensic analysis is being conducted on the powder, which police believe is cocaine.
Acting Senior Sergeant Graham Camp says more packages could wash up in the area in coming days.
“We urge the public to contact police should…
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