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.
Operation Ironside
$13m to run prosecution and defence of Ironside accused
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.
Prominent pizza chef’s big jail term for drug dealing
A former successful businessman and prominent member of the Lebanese community caught as part of Operation Ironside has been given the steepest sentence since the operation begun.
School zone dealer with AN0M phone, 2000 ecstasy pills spared jail
A young drug dealer caught with cocaine, ecstasy and LSD near a high school had an AN0M phone and admitted selling to a student. Yet what he did next won the judge’s praise.
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Ironside’s big freeze: Treasure hoard worth millions seized
Luxury houses, prestige cars, jet skis, diamond-encrusted Rolexes … see the incredible treasure trove police are chasing from Operation Ironside’s alleged villains.
New wave of Operation Ironside arrests nets 18 men
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.
15,000 pages: Operation Ironside material ‘impossible to follow’
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.
Terrifying arsenal: Guns and 6000 rounds of ammo seized
High-velocity rounds, bullets designed to fragment on impact and machine gun ammunition were in an Ironside accused’s arsenal – see the pictures.
Named: Accused bikies exposed by AN0M in Ironside hit list
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
Bad news for AN0M exiles and Comanchero kingpins
Police are closing in on key players in the notorious Comanchero bikie gang, as experts reveal how taking out the Mr Bigs will change their relationship with Australia’s criminal underworld.
$1.5m bust: Ironside exposes alleged Rebels bikie drug den
Two men linked to a $1.5m drug operation – run out of a suspected SA Rebels bikie gang safe house and exposed by the AN0M app – have pleaded guilty.
158 days in solitary for alleged Ironside kingpin
The alleged Ironside kingpin accused of introducing the tainted AN0M app to the underworld has spent 158 days in solitary confinement – but police won’t fully explain why.
Million-dollar Ironside mansion sold – with a catch
A $1.4 million mansion owned by an alleged Operation Ironside kingpin has been sold, but questions surround a mysterious payment of $350,000 labelled a “sham”.
Locked up for meeting … so they can hang out together in prison
A trio of alleged bikies arrested over a huge cannabis seizure had their bail revoked for meeting up – but ironically two are now being housed in the same jail cell.
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