Mystery fugitive the ‘syndicate leader’ in alleged $8.2m drug ring
An international fugitive charged in the US was allegedly at the helm of an SA drug syndicate that was laundering as much as $8.2m at a time, prosecutors say.
An international fugitive charged in the US was allegedly at the helm of an SA drug syndicate that was laundering as much as $8.2m at a time, prosecutors say.
A year ago, widespread Operation Ironside raids dismantled the Comanchero and other SA crime syndicates. Now the criminals left behind are battling to take over.
Crippling gambling debts and drug addiction led a NSW man to drive $17.5m of meth across the state to a handover with an SA truck driver.
After more than a year of maintaining his innocence, a man who went to collect $20m worth of cocaine hidden in a welder has confessed to his crime.
A murder plot involving a machine gun at a cafe is among the crimes disrupted in a genius police sting that’s smashed Australia’s underworld.
A Burnside teenager arrested by Operation Ironside detectives had a cache of luxury watches, phones and cash in his bedroom at his parents’ house, court documents allege.
Luke Kokotis was living the high life with 19 properties, $450,000 in the bank and a fleet of vehicles including a Lamborghini. Then Operation Ironside detectives came knocking.
A man arrested during Operation Ironside was caught at a “crucial moment” with disguises after hiding a loaded gun for an alleged bikie assassination attempt, a court has heard.
An Ironside accused and senior Comanchero boss was responsible for sourcing a sub-machinegun to be used in a drive-by shooting a court has heard.
A man who allegedly went by ‘MoneyMaker’ on the AN0M app has been refused bail on charges of trafficking a kilo of ice in a Bunnings carpark.
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.
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