Sept. 2 (UPI) — Australian authorities charged three Sydney dockworkers over a shipment of cocaine and money found hidden in a false wall.

The shipment of 1,116 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of roughly $107 million, and $215,000 in cash were seized following an investigation by the Multi Agency Strike Team, which was formed in April 2025, Australian Federal Police and the NSW Police Force said in a joint statement.

A 25-year-old man and a 38-year-old man were charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug and attempting to posess a commercial quantity of cocaine.

The 38-year-old, who worked as a forklift driver, was seen moving shipping containers to gain access to the container where the cocaine was eventually found.

Police arrested the 25-year-old after he left the shipping container and found a crowbar, angle grinder, ear protection, portable lights and hand tools they alleged he was using to create a false wall in the shipping container where authorities found 506 blocks of white powder that was confirmed to be cocaine.

Upon executing a search warrant at the 38-year-old’s home, authorities where a 42-year-old man was intercepted while leaving the property and found with more than $130,000 in cash.

He was charged with dealing with money believed to be proceeds of general crime.

The two older men were employed by a global shipping and logistics company as forklift drivers, the company has not yet been named.

All three, if convicted, face potential life sentences.

The 42-year-old man was released but the others remain in custody.

Their next court date is Oct. 29. Where all of them will be present.

The source of the cocaine remains under investigation but the shipping container was sent from Europe.

“To anyone lured in by the false promise of riches from drug importations, these offences carry the potential of life in jail,” AFP Detective Superintendent Peter Fogarty said.