Nearly 13 kilograms of cocaine is reported as having been seized from a cruise ship believed to be P&O Cruises¡¯ Aurora on 25 January 2012 when the ship was docked in San Francisco.

According to Cruise Critic, a spokesman from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency confirmed that seven kilograms of the drug had been seized from an Australia passenger¡¯s cabin with a further five kilograms from the cabin of a New Zealand couple.

Discovered inside luggage, the cocaine is believed to have a street value of approximately US$1 million.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that all three suspects have been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.

Whilst the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is not at liberty release the name of ships involved in such incidents, Cruise Critic reports that Aurora was the only ship berthed at Pier 35 in San Francisco on the day in question.

The news comes on the same day as two U.S. nationals were sentenced to six years jail for attempting to smuggle marijuana into Bermuda whilst passengers aboard Carnival Fantasy last year.

Aurora is currently sailing on a world voyage and is scheduled to arrive in Sydney tomorrow.