Ten one-kilogram packages containing a suspicious white powder, which police believe to be cocaine worth up to $3 million, have washed up on the shores of an island off the north Queensland coast.
Passersby called police on Sunday when they found the packages at high tide on the beach at Ramsay Bay on Hinchinbrook Island, about 120 kilometres north of Townsville.
An evidence photo of the packages that washed up on Hinchinbrook Island at the weekend.Credit:Queensland Police Service
Officers are searching the area for any further packages and are awaiting the results of forensic testing of the powder, with initial tests indicating the substance to be cocaine.
Detective Inspector Kevin Goan told reporters the find would be a “significant”…