Two arrested over Australia-wide cannabis syndicate
Three more men have been arrested under Operation Ironside, two over a national marijuana syndicate.
Three more men have been arrested under Operation Ironside, two over a national marijuana syndicate.
SA’s Operation Ironside arrests are heading towards potentially long, complex, court cases – requiring millions of dollars before trials start.
A veteran underworld figure given immunity from self-incrimination has chosen to go to jail indefinitely, rather than reveal the identity of feared drug kingpin “Mr X”.
Court documents have revealed frantic text messages allegedly between two SA mafia figures, after a man was arrested over a 10kg cocaine shipment.
Benjamin Thornton swore he’d gone straight and settled down to family life, running a business with his partner, a beauty therapy student. But the former personal trainer is accused of being a drug syndicate mastermind.
Text messages filed in Brisbane’s Supreme Court between an alleged four-man drug ring, including a former crane driver and a house-flipper, provide an insight into what police will allege is a major syndicate’s operation. READ THE TEXTS
Text messages expose a Brisbane father and former bikie’s arrangement with a Ninja Warrior contestant to sell ice to Aussies over the Dark Web on a site called “Shard Sales”, police allege. READ THE EXPLOSIVE TEXTS
The AFP’s encrypted app AN0M has led them to a $288 million dollar stash of meth with drug syndicate links from Queensland to NSW.
The AFP’s top cop has revealed who they are targeting next as part of the AN0M sting and warned Australia needs to treat organised crime like terrorism.
Nicotine addicts can’t smoke but drug addicts can go to an injecting room. We are losing the war on drugs, writes Ellen Whinnett.
AN0M messages sent in the days before nationwide arrests showed an increasing awareness the app was “bad”, a court has heard.
An interstate man arrested as part of the AN0M stings will remain in jail despite offering an “extraordinary” bail surety, an SA court has ruled.
Four men charged with crimes ranging from possessing illegal handguns, to running a cannabis grow house, to trafficking in heroin have pleaded guilty.
A recently graduated private schoolboy from Burnside is alleged to have sold phones using an encrypted app secretly being run by the police, a court has heard.
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