Media releases

Four men and two women have been arrested, and nearly $1 million in cash seized, dismantling an alleged tobacco importation and money laundering syndicate in Melbourne.

Detectives from the Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (a partnership between SAPOL's Special Crimes Investigation Branch and the Australian Federal Police) have arrested and charged a 44-year-old man from the northern suburbs of Adelaide for possession of child exploitation material.

Authorities have uncovered more than $500,000 in alleged proceeds of crime during multiple police searches across Adelaide this week. The operation has also seen three men with alleged links to the Descendants Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang (OMCG) arrested and charged with drug trafficking offences.

A multi-million dollar shipment of methamphetamine has been seized and two people arrested following a joint agency operation in Sydney.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is providing Australians insight into the emotional pain faced by loved ones of missing persons, with a short film launched today marking the 30th anniversary of National Missing Persons Week (NMPW). The week will run from 5-11 August 2018.

A 21-year-old Pakenham, VIC, man has been arrested for allegedly transmitting child exploitation material online.

A Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF) operation in collaboration with Maritime Border Command (MBC) has yesterday resulted in the arrest of two men and the seizure of approximately 600 kilograms of cocaine.

A 49-year-old man has been extradited from Serbia and is scheduled to appear before Parramatta Local Court today (Wednesday, 1 August), to face charges connected with a multi-million dollar drug importation investigation.

A Chinese national and Taiwanese national have been charged with people smuggling and immigration offences following their interception at Brisbane Airport earlier this week.

A 45-year-old woman has been charged and is due to face court today (Wednesday, 25 July), for her role allegedly trafficking a woman and an infant child from Sydney to India last year.