‘Time to dethrone the king’: Nomad plans national coup
Male prostitute Alexander Miller, the second-in-charge of the powerful Canberra Chapter of the Nomads bikie gang plans to stage a coup against national president, Mick Clark.
Behind The Scenes
Long Bay Jail riot: Elite squad of 11 finally hailed as heroes
With three prison officers held hostage in a cell, Dave “Emu” Farrell led 11 men – outnumbered 10 to one – into combat against prisoners rioting in Long Bay Jail’s 13 Wing – known as The Bronx. Thirty-four years later, their heroism has been recognised.
Crims target Aussies in new SMS coronavirus scam
The nation’s cyber spooks have issued a public alert to be aware of COVID-19 scams with even the myGov network targeted as more Australians work online from home.
PHOTOS, VIDEO: Incredible inside story of massive drugs bust
This was no ordinary drugs bust. Hours trekking through swamp and dense bush, leading to a find so big a chopper was needed to haul it away. In words, pictures and astonishing video, here’s how it went down.
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Killer ex-cop says name taken in vain
HE jokes about police attempts to link him to a string of crimes — but when his name came up in connection with notorious drugs kingpin James Kinch even Roger Rogerson admitted: “It’s an amazing story.”
The Coast’s biggest bikie brawls
THE Gold Coast has long been the backdrop for disputes between rival outlaw motorcycle gangs, but rarely have these arguments spilt into the public sphere. All that changed in 2006 when a violent public confrontation between bikies set plans in motion to have the city’s gangs completely dismantled.
Inside the minds of copycat crims
IT started with needles found in strawberries packed by two brands. It’s exploded to more than 100 incidents of ‘spiked’ fruit. Has the uproar inspired a wave of ‘copycats’?
Inside Coast cops’ ‘worst day ever’
IF you ask any long-serving Gold Coast cop what their worst day on the job has been, they’ll answer May 29, 2011. The day when one of their own — a young father and a good mate — was cruelly gunned down in a brazen tavern robbery.
One life taken, another ruined
CLIFF Lockwood was a big cop acquitted of murdering criminal figure Gary Abdallah, but he still paid a high price after being accused in court of executing a kneeling man like “a dog on a short leash”, writes Andrew Rule. NEW PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
Chris Dawson’s lover ‘scared’ after wife vanished
AN ex-classmate of the woman at the centre of the “Teacher’s Pet” case has told how the former Sydney schoolgirl was left “damaged” by her marriage to Chris Dawson.
Killer bikie cries lonely over NSW gang laws
THE state’s anti-consorting laws designed to disrupt criminal syndicates in NSW are being used so effectively by Strike Force Raptor that bikies are now crying foul, saying the legislation is making them lonely.
The chilling moment mum was arrested for murder
SARAH Bowles was devastated the father figure in her life was missing, but then came the shocking realisation that police believed her mother had killed him and the family home had been bugged.
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