Six men have been sentenced over the attempted importation of 1.2 tonnes of cocaine that was shipped from Mexico to WA shores in 2022, with their bungled and “comical” attempts to retrieve it played out in front of a Perth court.

Filipe Valesu, Reremoana-Kahui Patrick Stanley, William Seru, Laban Joshua Toga Saininaivalu, Issac Henry Rabuatoka and Paul Anthony Masterson were recruited last minute to help bring ashore the drugs that were dropped 40 nautical miles off the coast of WA in December of that year.

WA Police seize 2.4 tonnes of cocaine. Credit: Nine News Perth/Supplied

At the time it was the largest drug bust in Australian history and was part of an even bigger interception of around a billion dollars worth of cocaine that was destined for our shores.

However, the US Coa

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