‘Selfless’ man sentenced for $57k in cocaine behind microwave
After his gambling and drinking led to money problems, Timothy Barkla agreed to store drugs in his kitchen for someone else. Then Operation Ironside detectives came knocking.
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Battle for Ironside millions: SA, NSW police clash over drug money
SA prosecutors have their eyes on $2.75m cash found during Operation Ironside during a truckie’s Adelaide-Sydney run – but NSW Police already has the money.
Accused Operation Ironside criminals in huge court win
Accused drug kingpins arrested under Operation Ironside have won a significant legal battle that may allow them to hide their riches from police.
The ‘Pope finished’: Inside Ironside’s $37.5m meth bust
A horse trainer known as ‘The Pope’ was caught trafficking $37.5m of meth – now newly released AN0M messages reveal what was going on behind the scenes.
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‘Lost $700,000 in one raid’: Brisbane chippie charged after drug sting
A Brisbane carpenter arrested during an international police sting, allegedly taped talking about moving large amounts of cocaine, has been described as a ‘serious player’ and refused bail.
Second alleged bikie hit could have killed wrong man: police
Senior police have revealed a second alleged murder plot by Comanchero bikies – in which they went to the wrong house – was foiled in a huge sting operation.
95 charged in 18 months as Comancheros smashed
Police have dismantled a “trans-national” meth and cocaine ring in SA and caused “mass disruption” to the Comancheros in the past 18 months under Operation Ironside.
Ex-con was paid $120,000 to bring down the underworld
A tech-savvy convicted drug trafficker has been revealed as the person who invented the Trojan horse app AN0M.
Aussie drug lord’s chilling warning after AFP raids
Fugitive drug lord Hakan Ayik, who led the criminal underworld straight to law enforcement, has been given an ultimatum.
Murder plot, drugs and guns: 48 South Australians arrested
Dozens of South Australians caught up in the Operation Ironside sting have appeared in court.
Inside the police operations bunker as the raids went down
At 5.30am on Monday, a senior South Australian detective radioed the phrase “execute resolution” – and more than 400 cops sprang into action.
Aussie-led sting nets 800 global arrests
Police from 16 countries have arrested more than 800 suspects and seized more than $48 million in the AFP’s “sting of the century”.
Victoria’s Comancheros ‘stopped in their tracks’
Comanchero bikie members from suburbs across Melbourne have been arrested in raids linked to global police sting Operation Ironside. Victoria Police are expected to use information uncovered to solve at least four murders.
The Queenslanders caught up in ‘sting of the century’
A Ninja Warrior contestant and a former Bandidos bikie caught up in the infamous Broadbeach brawl are among Queenslanders stung in Australia’s largest ever crime bust.
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