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Luke Williams is a police and crime reporter for The Advertiser. He previously covered courts for the Cairns Post.

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Operation Eclipse is a special task force targeting crime syndicates vying for the “lion’s share” of the illicit tobacco market.

Five arrested in tobacco war, $114k seized in widespread raids

Five men have been arrested as police seize luxury cars and more than $100,000 during widespread raids in a crackdown on the tobacco arson wars.

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20/10/24. Sarah Wade, a Mum of four kids has been on housing wait-list, lives in a tent in her Mum's housing backyard - Allysha - 12, Logan - 8, Sarah and Dominic - 10.Picture: Keryn Stevens

Adelaide’s raw rental reality: ‘I ended up in a tent with 4 kids’

She works and says she always paid her rent on time before the landlord decided to sell up. Now this Adelaide mum shares a look inside the last option she had left.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024: Nelson St Kilburn resident Benjamin outside a burnt Trust house. Picture: Brenton Edwards

‘I know what a gunshot sounds like’: Is this Adelaide’s scariest street?

Parents won’t let their kids play outside for fear of stepping on a syringe or being hit by a rogue bullet. Welcome to Adelaide’s street of horror.

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Kids score MDMA-plus: Secret app dealers in school drug deliveries

Kids as young as 12 across Adelaide can order illegal drugs via a popular encrypted messaging app, an investigation has found – even when they’re at school.

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Operation Meld officers have seized an extraordinary of weapons from youth gangs over the last year as SA Police look at ways to stem the flow of illegal guns being used by the groups.

Rise of rent-per-day guns: How gangs are arming themselves

Australia’s gun problem is on the rise, with a smorgasbord of weapons on offer, and buy now or rent-per-day options. Here’s exactly how our crims are getting armed.

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Rebecca Lalor had to live in a motel room with her three kids for several months after applying for 250 properties. She said the noise from the other families in the complex meant the kids were not getting up for school.

‘250 rental applications’: Housing crisis kids are missing school

A mum hit by the housing crisis says at one point she had to pull her kids out of school as the journey from their motel was too hard. Sadly, she is hardly alone.

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Police are investigating an incident at Gulfview Heights where two people were stabbed. Police collecting evidence at the property. 9 October 2024. Picture Dean Martin

Second arrest over Gulfview Heights horror home invasion

A second suspect has been arrested following investigations into a violent incident at Gulfview Heights in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 11, 2022: Assistant Commissioner Scott Duval talks to the media about an alleged assault of a student at Glenelg Primary School. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards,

Teen arrested after home invasion horror as cops unleash crack squad

SA Police has revealed a gang taskforce is investigating a series of terrifying robberies with one teenager in custody after an alleged violent Gulfview Heights attack.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024: Habibah Jaghoori addresses a Pro-Palestine Rally on the steps of Parliament. Picture: Brenton Edwards

SA protest organiser compares terrorist leader to Mandela

Pro-Palestinine rally leader Habibah Jaghoori has made an extraordinary claim about Hezbollah’s slain terrorist leader at a rally in Adelaide.

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Cash, stabbings and Tiktok: SA rapper’s tunes go big in gangsta wars

Adelaide’s reignited youth gang wars appear to be playing out on YouTube and in the ARIA charts with teens boasting about gangs, cash, designer clothing and stabbing rivals in the neck.

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