Media releases

A 22-year-old Hallam woman has been charged with recruitment and association with a terrorist organisation offences, after the Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) attended a residential property in Hallam today (Tuesday, 25 February 2020) as part of an ongoing investigation.

Drug syndicates using the postal system to import methamphetamine have been put on notice, following a nationwide law enforcement operation targeting the ice supply chain into Australia.

A 26-year-old Canadian-French dual national has been charged, after allegedly importing more than 150 kilograms of methamphetamine from Mexico into Australia.

A 47-year-old Perth man has been sentenced to serve 16 years’ imprisonment for his role in an attempt to import 10 kilograms of cocaine into Australia in February 2019.

A 19-year-old Sydney man was arrested at Sydney International Airport yesterday evening (20 February 2020) for allegedly importing cocaine, hidden inside wine bottles, shampoo bottles, sachets of soup and a can of shaving cream. 

The Queensland Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (QLD JACET) has charged a 55-year-old Brisbane man with 44 offences in relation to the alleged sexual exploitation of children both online and while he was travelling in the Philippines.

A man from Brisbane’s western suburbs has become the first person in Queensland to be charged for possessing child-like sex dolls under new Commonwealth laws targeting child abuse-related offences.

A 20-year-old Queensland resident accused of producing an image and recording that depict the sexual abuse of a boy in the Philippines is expected to face a Brisbane court today, after authorities allegedly found the abhorrent material on his electronic devices.

Detectives from Joint Taskforce Icarus and Taskforce Trident yesterday arrested a man and woman as part of an investigation into alleged drug trafficking.

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw APM has today released the Review into the AFP’s Response to and Management of Sensitive Investigations by Mr John Lawler AM APM.