A shipping container containing 8 lawnmowers arrived in Melbourne 4 weeks ago.

It contained also 200-odd plastic bags which, between them, contained $200 million worth of cocaine.

Federal Police followed this up and have now arrested three men and confiscated over $200,000 in cash — the fifth largest such haul in Australia’s history.

The maximum penalty for importing a commercial quantity of cocaine is life imprisonment and/or an $825,000 fine.

Fair enough considering that drugs cause many deaths, crimes and psychotic mental illnesses.

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This seizure will make cocaine scarcer in Australia, driving up its price, and thus decreasing its consumption.

Australian Federal Police spokesman, Ramzi Jambour, said, “Australian law enforcement is more united and better equipped than ever in the fight against organised crime . . . another example of our commitment to combating these criminal groups which jeopardise the health and safety of the Australian community.”

Australians should congratulate their police on this great effort.

We should continue to keep all currently illegal drugs illegal.

We should continue the compulsory seizure of all assets of drug traffickers.

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Elimination of the drug trade should be a top ambition for all Australian politicians.

In this context, we might mention the Greens’ Party.

The Greens recommend — not only facilitating the use of illegal drugs by needle-handout “exchanges”, legal injecting rooms etc. – but even the providing of heroin on prescription to “registered” addicts. (Policy 13)