Battle for the underworld: The new crims moving to fill the AN0M void
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.
Operation Ironside
Inside the police sting of the century - Operation Ironside
How drugs and gambling debts led to a $17.5m mistake
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.
Surprise plea to $20m Ironside coke haul
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.
‘Make sure s**t is broken good’: Inside an AN0M chat group
Further messages from AN0M chat groups that sparked the massive Operation Ironside police blitz have been heard in court as part of an alleged bikie’s bid for bail.
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Ironside accused: ‘I don’t give a f**k about losing the gear’
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.
AN0M crims warned: ‘We are coming for you’
The AFP has ‘another ingenious plan’ to further dismantle organised crime networks after pulling off the Operation Ironside sting.
House flipper dad’s alleged secret drug-lord life
From private school in Brisbane’s northern suburbs to chippie, police now allege this husband, father and million-dollar house flipper has been living a secret life as a high-level wholesale drug trafficker.
Brisbane dad’s secret life: Goodlife gym PT to alleged drug empire kingpin
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.
Cocaine cut with flesh-eating chemical: ‘Drug syndicate’ caught on Anom text messages
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
‘Bricks of the best stuff’: Anom texts expose Brisbane dad’s alleged ‘ice ring’
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
40,000 AN0M messages linked to $1.5m drug and cash bust
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.
AN0M bust exposes sneaky way $288m of ice was hidden
The AFP’s encrypted app AN0M has led them to a $288 million dollar stash of meth with drug syndicate links from Queensland to NSW.
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