Australian authorities said on Tuesday they have seized a large quantity of cocaine from a fishing boat in treacherous seas off the country' south east coast.

A law enforcement team intercepted the Australian trawler Coralynne on Saturday night after New Zealand authorities tipped off their Australian counterparts about the boat being tracked in a stretch of ocean not usually visited by trawlers.

Australian intelligence officers then saw the trawler meet a larger ship and transfer the drugs.

Australian officials say the larger ship might have come from South America.

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