Inside story of SA’s first Ironside arrest – and how he fell so far
He was managing an exclusive casino bar – so how did Rohan Wakefield end up with detectives at his door and a ute full of drugs, cash and hidden guns?
He was managing an exclusive casino bar – so how did Rohan Wakefield end up with detectives at his door and a ute full of drugs, cash and hidden guns?
Drug kingpins, teen dealers, an arsonist and wannabe bikies – these are the people already doing jail time in Adelaide, taken down by global sting Operation Ironside. See the full list.
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.
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.
Today we reveal the identities of dozens more South Australians charged over the Operation Ironside organised crime sting. See who they are, what they’re charged with, and where they live.
From Stirling to Seaton, Mawson Lakes to Mount Barker, see the home suburbs of more than 40 South Australians charged in the Operation Ironside police sting.
Tyler Brook moved into a cannabis growhouse so he had a place to live but was left “holding the bag” when Ironside detectives came knocking – see inside the drug house.
An abbreviated charge on the SA courts’ website has wrongly linked an AN0M accused to terrorism offences – prompting an immediate correction.
An Ironside accused facing drug and money laundering charges allegedly tried to keep his house from the clutches of police with a cunning plan. It didn’t work.
A man charged with smuggling more than 55 kgs of cocaine worth an estimated $25m into Australia is among the latest alleged organised crime figures arrested after police used the secret Trojan horse encrypted app AN0M.
From Vaucluse to Marsden Park, Maroubra to Mudgee, see the list of dozens of NSW residents charged in the Operation Ironside police sting.
The trial of three men for possessing military-grade firearms will become an Australian-first Ironside test case – with the validity of warrants likely to end up in the High Court.
The next phase of the AN0M bust is about to begin — with 160 Australians targeted by cops, who analysed millions of encrypted messages.
Wholesalers, drivers, agents; for the first time the highly organised structure that sent encrypted devices into the hands of crime figures is revealed.
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