Drug importer quit job on day $20m cocaine shipment arrived
Was he anticipating a life-changing windfall? Prosecutors say Tereapii Pokoina quit his job on the day a huge cocaine shipment arrived, proving he wasn’t just an exploited stooge.
Was he anticipating a life-changing windfall? Prosecutors say Tereapii Pokoina quit his job on the day a huge cocaine shipment arrived, proving he wasn’t just an exploited stooge.
Millions of dollars have been pledged to both prosecutors and the Legal Services Commission ahead of a flood of Operation Ironside trials slated to begin next year.
A FIFO mine worker allowed his rural property to be used as a firing range by men with alleged ties to an outlaw motorcycle gang – but may not have known they were bikies.
Thousands of messages and photos exchanged by young drug dealer known as “OnlySilly” have provided a rare view of the hidden market for designer drugs in the Adelaide suburbs.
The trial of three men for possessing military-grade firearms will become an Australian-first Ironside test case – with the validity of warrants likely to end up in the High Court.
The next phase of the AN0M bust is about to begin — with 160 Australians targeted by cops, who analysed millions of encrypted messages.
Wholesalers, drivers, agents; for the first time the highly organised structure that sent encrypted devices into the hands of crime figures is revealed.
An Operation Ironside defendant has admitted his role in a $17.5m drug trafficking syndicate, during a mass hearing of South Australians caught up in the crime sting.
A boxer as well as an alleged senior bikie are among the 18 men charged as part of a second Operation Ironside round of arrests.
Luxury houses, prestige cars, jet skis, diamond-encrusted Rolexes … see the incredible treasure trove police are chasing from Operation Ironside’s alleged villains.
A number of searches across Adelaide have led to the arrest of 18 men linked to Operation Ironside – and 167 fresh charges have been laid.
Lawyers for a group of Operation Ironside accused have been given 15,000 pages of material under the assumption they would “print it out” themselves.
High-velocity rounds, bullets designed to fragment on impact and machine gun ammunition were in an Ironside accused’s arsenal – see the pictures.
This is how Operation Ironside has put a serious hole in Australia’s bikie gangs and their associates, who make up a third of those charged. SEE THE LIST
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