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HUNG JURY IN COLOMBIAN DRUG IMPORT TRIAL

A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the case of two men charged with importing cocaine after police put substitute powder and a covert listening device in a shipping container that arrived in Brisbane from Colombia.

Mark Anthony Dumenil, 49, and Hashanth Arjuna Kulatunge, 51, both pleaded not guilty to importing commercial quantities of border controlled drugs at the start of the Brisbane Supreme Court trial last week.

Jurors said on Friday they were unable to reach a majority verdict regarding those charges after deliberating for more than a day.