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*Images of this operation will be available here via hightail* A Queensland man is set to face Pine Rivers Magistrates Court today (Friday 12 February, 2021) charged with child abuse material offences, following an Australian Federal Police (AFP) child protection operation.

**EDITOR’S NOTE: Vision and images are available via Hightail. A 25-year-old man charged over his alleged role in importing 276 grams of methamphetamine from the United States, worth approximately $276,000 in WA, is expected to face Perth Magistrate’s Court today (Friday, 12 February 2021).

A 43-year-old Queensland man is due to appear in court today charged with child exploitation offences following an Australian Federal Police (AFP) child protection investigation.

A Victorian man charged by the Australian Federal Police for allegedly paying for live-distance child exploitation has led to the rescue of nine children and the arrest of a woman by Philippine authorities. ***Footage available***

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has successfully confiscated $15.8 million in assets from a principal conspirator in a syndicate alleged to have defrauded the Commonwealth of more than $105 million over three years.

*Editor’s Note: vision of Operation Volante from 2013 is available via Hightail. A police target wanted in connection with AFP organised crime investigation Operation Volante has been arrested by the Royal Thai Police.

A Newcastle man has today been jailed for making a hoax bomb threat against a flight from Mumbai to Singapore in 2019.

**Arrest footage available on Hightail** JOINT TASKFORCE ICARUS members have arrested and charged two more men in connection to the alleged import of almost eight kilograms of methamphetamine hidden inside a shipment of water filters sent to Melbourne last year.

Six men have been charged with drug trafficking after the South Australia National Anti-Gangs Squad found more than 320 kilograms of dried cannabis and $50,000 cash at a suburban Adelaide property yesterday (Wednesday 3 February 2021).

Two men have been charged as part of ongoing joint investigations into the alleged importation of ‘ice’ concealed in an air cargo consignment declared to contain furniture items.