Media releases

A man has been extradited from Western Australia as part of an ongoing multi-agency investigation into international drug trafficking by sea.

Detectives from the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team yesterday arrested a 23-year-old man from the southern suburbs of Adelaide for possession of child exploitation material.

Detectives from the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team arrested a 34-year-old man from the North Eastern suburbs of Adelaide for three counts of Making a Child Amenable to Sexual Activity. 

A 27-year-old Perth man has been charged with possession of more than $100,000 suspected of being the proceeds of crime after Australian Federal Police (AFP) Officers seized large bundles of cash allegedly concealed within the man’s luggage.

Law enforcement agencies joined in Southeast Asia today to inaugurate the first Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center (PICACC) at Camp Crame, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

A joint multi-national investigation into an organised crime syndicate has resulted in the arrest of four men and the seizure of 1.3 tonnes of the drug precursor ephedrine in Melbourne.

A 30-year-old western Sydney man is scheduled to face Downing Centre Local Court this morning after being charged with child exploitation offences by AFP Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) officers.

A 23-year-old Sydney man is due to appear before Sydney Central Local Court today to face child exploitation charges.

Three men have been arrested in Western Australia and police have seized approximately $650,000 in cash and a kilogram of cocaine following an investigation into the alleged Australian arm of an international drug trafficking syndicate.

Three days of mail screening at a Darwin mail distribution centre this week has resulted in a number of items, including rugs and prohibited weapons, being seized.