Five arrests after more than a tonne of cocaine allegedly found on motorboat off NSW coast

The 1,110 blocks of cocaine on board are worth more than half a billion dollars on the street, police said Australia news live: latest politics and federal election updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More than a tonne of cocaine has been seized off the east coast of Australia and five men arrested after police raided a suspicious motorboat. Detectives said they were tipped off about the purchase of a 13-metre-long boat with a large sum of cash in Sydney's Sutherland shire on 28 April. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email