Man dies in shed fire despite brave rescue effort
Adelaide’s Chin community is grieving the death of a young man, killed in a backyard shed fire in the city’s north despite family members’ attempts to bring him to safety.
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NSW couple behind bars after ‘COVID breach’ for dog sale
Two more people have been charged with COVID breaches, a NSW couple who allegedly sneaked into SA to sell a dog – and will now spend the weekend in jail.
Inside Adelaide’s illegal tobacco trade
Organised crime gangs are believed to be profiting from smuggled cigarettes being sold in nondescript corner stores across suburban Adelaide – while law-abiding retailers live quietly in fear of retribution.
Truck driver who allegedly snuck woman over border caught
A 65-year-old woman who spent several weeks in Victoria, amid soaring coronavirus cases, has faced court after returning home to Mount Gambier by hiding in a truck. The truck driver has been located and arrested.
Two homes destroyed in separate fires
Firefighters have battled a house blaze at Morphett Vale this morning – after another home was destroyed last night in a suspected arson attack just a few kilometres away.
Backlog of trucks waved through at border
A large backlog of trucks were waved through at the SA-Victorian border in the early hours of this morning – shocking one truckie – but police have an explanation.
Elderly mother found dead, daughter detained
An elderly woman was found dead and her daughter unconscious inside their northern suburbs home on Sunday night, police have confirmed. The daughter has been detained.
Two fatal crashes in a day after head-on highway smash
A male driver has died after colliding head-on with a truck on the Sturt Highway, just west of Blanchetown, on Sunday night. It is the second road fatality to occur on the same day, after an elderly man died following a crash on a country road in the Adelaide Hills.
Phone call at the lights leads to $600k cash and drug bust
Officers initially pulled him over for using a mobile phone while driving – but then they made some surprising and even more serious discoveries, a court has heard.
Man stabbed in robbery gone wrong near Gawler
A man has suffered non-life threatening stab wounds in a suspected robbery gone wrong near Gawler. Meanwhile, nine people have been arrested over a “cannabis syndicate” in the Barossa Valley.
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