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An aircraft crash in PNG six years ago that stopped a bid to import 500kg of cocaine has now seen eight drug traffickers jailed in two countries. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say three Melbourne men were sentenced yesterday (July […]
An anonymous letter writer is being sought by federal and NSW police over a 10-year hate mail campaign against public figures. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say the public’s help is needed to help identify the person who wrote more
Russian exports have triggered trans-Tasman police raids on properties in Melbourne and New Zealand. The properties in Auckland, Christchurch and Melbourne were searched as police investigated suspected breaches of Australian and NZ sanctions on Russia. The Australian Border Force (ABF) says the
A record cocaine haul and a ship have been seized by Australian and overseas police last week in Australia’s largest shipment. The seizure was part of Operation Minjiang (run by a Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce or QJOCTF) and is
A Mexican duo have appeared in a NSW court over a failed bid to smuggle 200kg of meth ‘paint’ inside a shipping container. The duo appeared before the NSW Bail Division Court on June 16 charged over the failed bid
A failed bid to smuggle a suspected Queensland fugitive to Indonesia has landed three people in WA courts. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says officers from a WA joint crime taskforce arrested three people onboard a yacht at 8am on
Putting guns in the hands of police officers will not lead to more shootings, new research from Monash University says. The research investigated 50 years of officer-involved shootings in Australia between 1970 and 2020. Lead researcher Dr Ross Hendy says
Illegal e-bikes will now be seized and crushed in NSW after state parliament approved changes to the Road Transport Act. NSW Police and Transport officers can seize these e-bikes and Transport for NSW will crush them under changes approved on
Colombia police will join in Pacific-wide efforts to crack down on drug trafficking to Australia. A new joint investigations squad will be created and based in Bogota, Colombia, to target the trade at its source; it will involve officers from
Australian and French divers are helping train police from the remote, central Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati to detect illegal drugs. Australian Federal Police (AFP) divers joined their French military counterparts in Tahiti to train 12 Kiribati officers to combat
