Up Late: “Aussie cops in a jurisdictional dick measuring contest over record cocaine sting” with Ben Harvey

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Inside the Australian Border Force’s game of ‘cat and mouse’ with international drug cartels at Fremantle Port

Name: Up Late: “Aussie cops in a jurisdictional dick measuring contest over record cocaine sting” with Ben Harvey
Uploaded: 2026-05-27T09:57:00.000Z
Duration: 4 min 30 s
Description: Rundown of why Australia’s biggest ever drug operation almost didn’t happen, not because of faulty intelligence or clever cartels but because of a jurisdictional sh*tfight between State and Federal cops. ‘Behind The White Line’

Main Image: Australian Border Force officers board a roll-on, roll-off cargo vessel with drug detection dogs at Fremantle Port. Credit: Sandra Jackson/The West Australian

Up Late: “Aussie cops in a jurisdictional dick measuring contest over record cocaine sting” with Ben Harvey

The West Australian exclusiveInside the Australian Border Force’s game of ‘cat and mouse’ with international drug cartels at Fremantle Port

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Inside the Australian Border Force’s game of ‘cat and mouse’ with international drug cartels at Fremantle Port