Bikies in first Ironside win as charges dismissed, downgraded
Five alleged bikies have had their first win against charges stemming from Operation Ironside with serious charges downgraded and dropped.
Five alleged bikies have had their first win against charges stemming from Operation Ironside with serious charges downgraded and dropped.
An encrypted app at the heart of an international law enforcement operation was illegal from the start and federal police have been breaking the law, lawyers for two alleged senior organised crime figures claim.
Weeks after a fight in Melbourne in front of tens of thousands of fans, pro boxer Terry Nickolas has discovered if he can have bail.
Three more men have been arrested under Operation Ironside, two over a national marijuana syndicate.
Pushing the Operation Ironside arrests through the courts is set to cost the state government millions of dollars in extra funding – with a task force now set up.
Two high-profile alleged drug plots have been uncovered by the AN0M sting, with links to a Comanchero-linked crime syndicate. See the video.
This is what the AFP’s forensic team involved in Operation Ironside did to find hidden weapons, drugs and $50 million in dirty cash.
An Operation Ironside accused has unsuccessfully sought release on bail for a third time, while a co-accused has admitted guilt in a firebomb attack.
AN0M messages allegedly sent by an Adelaide man accused of sending hundreds of thousands of dollars of methamphetamine to Perth have been read to a court.
The AFP has ‘another ingenious plan’ to further dismantle organised crime networks after pulling off the Operation Ironside sting.
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
Five of six men charged over a $1.5 million cannabis and cash bust sent about 40,000 messages to each other using the encrypted AN0M app, a court has heard.
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