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1,471 posted on 03/23/2006 12:36:29 AM PST by Cindy
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"Heroin ship sinks to watery grave"
Herald Sun ^ | 23 March 2006 | Max Blenkin

Posted on 03/23/2006 12:32:53 AM PST by Aussie Dasher

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "THE North Korean freighter used to smuggle 150kg of heroin into Australia three years ago now rests on the ocean's bottom, after being destroyed by a pair of laser-guided bombs.

Four F-111 strike bombers flying from RAAF Amberley in Queensland proved dead on target as the 3500-tonne freighter drifted 140km off Jervis Bay this morning. Two 800kg precision guided bombs struck the Pong Su's hull with massive blasts, showering debris over a wide area. The vessel sank quickly into deep water.

The Pong Su was seized off the New South Wales coast in April 2003 after a four-day chase involving Australian soldiers, police and Customs officers after it was spotted dropping a cargo of drugs along the Victorian coast."


1,472 posted on 03/23/2006 1:03:45 AM PST by Cindy
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