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AFP seizes $172,000 from traveller
Publish date: 13.12.2022 Editor’s Note: Video and images from the arrest and seizure are availa
MOREAFP seizes 9.9 tonnes of ‘tea packet’ methamphetamine since 2012
Publish date: 13.12.2022 Editor’s note: Vision and images of tea packet meth av
MOREFoiled: Creative drug import attempts revealed
Publish date: 12.12.2022 VISION + IMAGES AVAILABLE: Organised criminal syndicates continue to be foiled in their attempts to import illicit drugs into Australia using sophisticated concealment methods, with more than 700 imports disrupted this year.
MORETrio arrested in Philippines allegedly linked to Australian drug hauls
Publish date: 11.12.2022 Three alleged members of a transnational crime syndicate linked to the importation of almost two tonnes of illicit drugs into Australia have been arrested in the Philippines, after an international investigation.
MORENSW man sentenced to a decade in jail for producing child abuse material
Publish date: 10.12.2022 A New South Wales man, 34, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by the Downing District Court yesterday (9 December 2022) for producing child abuse material and sharing it online.
MORENew AFP tech dogs taking a bite out of crime
Publish date: 10.12.2022 They have a nose for sniffing out crime and this year the AFP’s detection dogs have detected cash hidden under stairs, sim cards concealed in shoes and USBs buried in eskies full of food.
The AFP detection dog program added four fully trained dogs this year, making the capability more than 100 canines deployed or in training around the country.
MOREQueensland woman sentenced to three years’ jail after helping son flee Australia
Publish date: 09.12.2022 A Queensland woman, 68, has been sentenced to three years’ jail for attempting to pervert the course of justice and giving false testimony after helping her son flee a pending trial in Australia.
MOREDrug 'safe house' bookie jailed
Publish date: 09.12.2022 A Tullamarine man has been jailed for 19 years and six months over his role in a criminal syndicate that operated a methamphetamine ‘safe house’ in suburban Melbourne.
MOREFour men charged in Sydney for sophisticated cyber scam - world-wide losses expected to top US$100 million
Publish date: 09.12.2022 Four Chinese nationals living in Sydney have been charged as part of an investigation into an organised criminal syndicate involved in a cyber-enabled investment scam that has resulted in more than US$100 million in losses world-wide.
MORECanadian national charged for allegedly importing meth in protein powder
Publish date: 08.12.2022 A Canadian national was expected to face the Sydney Downing Centre Court today (Thursday, 8 December) after she allegedly imported about five kilograms of methamphetamine through Sydney Airport. **Images available**
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