{"id":22377,"date":"2026-06-01T05:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/22377\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T05:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:51:10","slug":"6-million-of-cocaine-found-near-burnt-out-truck-at-boat-ramp-in-whitsundays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/22377\/","title":{"rendered":"$6 million of cocaine found near burnt-out truck at boat ramp in Whitsundays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Packages of cocaine estimated to be worth $6 million have been found floating in the sea and near the remains of a burnt-out truck at an isolated north Queensland boat ramp.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two large black packages resting on a cement boat ramp.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/32b168e4cdb26cb5c051ab15e30322ae.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Emergency services found the packages after they were called to a truck fire. (Supplied: Queensland Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement police said 40 kilograms of cocaine was found at the Jimmys Rock boat ramp at Midge Point, 100 kilometres north of Mackay, about 8am on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They said the drugs had likely come from overseas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Rural fire fighters were called and arrived to find a flat-bed truck, which had a crane mounted on the back, well alight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The fire was extinguished by around 8.30am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A torn package containing a brick of cocaine.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a76e20562966d1c31c1c8b36079a8910.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A torn package was found at a boat ramp on Jimmys Rock Road.\u00a0 (Supplied: Queensland Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police were called to the boat ramp, which is only accessible by a dirt road, after the suspicious packages were found near the burning truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Police conducted extensive patrols of the area including on land and in nearby water,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;The public are urged to contact police should further packages be located and to not touch them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Packages wrapped in plastic, laid out on a table\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/726a1e1f1394ba2a909ca52bf748417d.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police are appealing for witnesses after 40 kilograms of cocaine was located at Midge Point on Saturday. (Supplied: Queensland Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police are asking that anyone near the boat ramp between midnight and 12.15am on Saturday with relevant information, CCTV or dashcam footage come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Packages of cocaine estimated to be worth $6 million have been found floating in the sea and near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,21182,2668,8672,4838,21181,21184,21183,1047,212],"class_list":["post-22377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-boat-ramp","tag-cocaine","tag-drugs","tag-investigation","tag-laguna-keys","tag-mackay","tag-midge-point","tag-police","tag-queensland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}