Pacific leaders sign plan to tackle drug smuggling | ABC NEWS
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The federal government has tipped $600 million into a new Pacific scheme designed to tackle the surge of drug smuggling into the region, including into Australia. It comes as leaders grapple with increasingly sophisticated and determined criminal cartels trafficking cocaine and methamphetamines into the country. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-02/australia-to-fund-scheme-to-tackle-pacific-drug-smuggling/107104900 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia
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