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The AFP is warning the community of the dangers of synthetic illicit drugs, following a rise in the import of a new synthetic stimulant into Australia. ***Images available via Hightail

The AFP is expanding its on-water presence with the commissioning of a purpose-built 9 tonne boat at Garden Island on Sydney harbour. ***Vision available via Hightail***

A South Australian man has been sentenced to four months imprisonment for failing to comply with bail conditions and false identification offences. 

Three men have been charged over the alleged importation of 130kg of methylamphetamine into NSW concealed in paraffin wax following a joint investigation by the NSW Police Force, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Border Force (ABF).

The AFP has hosted 21 police officers from the Asia-Pacific region who completed a pre-deployment training course for United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions. ***Footage and images available via Hightail***

A Sydney man has been sentenced for attempting to blackmail Optus customers whose stolen records he found online. ***Vision and images available via Hightail***

The AFP is working with a global taskforce that will take rapid and coordinated action against criminals financially sextorting youth. On Safer Internet Day, the AFP is warning parents and teenagers to be aware of the growing threat of sextortion, which has led to some young people in Australia and other countries self-harming.

A Brisbane man, 34, who groomed a teenager to send him sexually explicit images was one of three Queensland men jailed last week for online child abuse offences.

A Melbourne man, 65, has been sentenced to one year and seven months’ jail after pleading guilty to two online child abuse offences, including transmitting child abuse material via a messaging platform.

A Northern Territory man, 38, has faced the Alice Springs Local Court (1 February, 2023) charged with possessing child abuse material.