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Imran AliSenior Court Reporter

Imran Ali is a senior court reporter for the Herald Sun, based in Melbourne. He has more than 20 years experience in news reporting across Fiji, New Zealand and now in Melbourne. He takes a keen interest in rugby.

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North

The AFP has arrested an alleged high-priority organised crime target and a Victorian-based syndicate in connection to the importation of 160kg of cocaine into Melbourne, worth an estimated $40 million dollars., vision of members unpacking a consignment crate and images of the cocaine seized for operation ironside.

Family man concealed wads of drug cash in kitchen, pantry

A Taylors Hill family man in a senior logistics job hid nearly 560k in the kitchen and pantry cupboards of his Taylors Hill house following a major cocaine bust.

West

A young Learmonth family has lost everything after narrowly escaping a heart-wrenching Christmas morning house fire with their six-year-old daughter.

Young love between Melbourne couple boils over into fiery end

Text messages between two former love birds turned fiery — and deadly — when a young woman torched her ex’s parents’ Brookfield house, killing the family cat.

Leader

Victim of sexual harassment, domestic violence or abuse. Young sad woman crying and sitting on the floor at home. Ashamed, scared or lonely lady suffering emotional pain. Stress, trauma or sorrow. istock image

Homeless man imprisons and rapes vulnerable woman

A vile thug stalked a woman from a northern suburbs railway station and raped and assaulted her during a horror eight-hour attack in her bedroom.

North

Barry John Holland was one of two motorcycle enthusiasts who died after Ashley McDonald slammed into them.

Meth motorist causes the death of two ‘loved’ motorcyclists

Driving with meth in his system, an otherwise decent Wangaratta family man veered nearly 2m onto the wrong side and caused the death of two much-loved motorcyclists.

Melbourne City

MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos APRIL 23RD 2024 : Sakshi Agrawal arrives at County Court for a plea, after being accused of fleeing a scene after her Tesla hit another woman causing serious injuries. PICTURE : NCA Newswire / Nicki Connolly

Tesla hit run driver lied to police, saying car was on ‘autopilot’

A P-plater who mowed down a commuter with her Tesla in Armadale lied to police when she told them the car was on ‘autopilot’ as she pleaded guilty just days before her trial was set to begin.

Goulburn Valley

Mark Coombs leaving the Shepparton Law Courts after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child abuse material. THe rest of his plea will be heard in Melbourne. Picture: Oscar Jaeger

Unmasked: Seymour grub busted with vile child abuse material

A “socially anxious” Seymour grub resorted to sending and receiving hundreds of vile child abuse material during Covid restrictions.

Melbourne City

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 11: A pharmacist administers the injection of a Covid-19 vaccination booster-shot to a customer at Exhibition Pharmacy on July 11, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. More Australians are now eligible to receive a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) approved people aged 30 and above can access additional booster shots from Monday 11 July. While over 30s are now eligible for an additional dose if they choose, health authorities are strongly urging people over 50 to get the fourth COVID-19 vaccine booster and for people to wear masks indoors in public as coronavirus infections continue driven by Omicron subvariants. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Victoria Police officer takes employer to court over Covid jab

A Victoria Police officer has challenged in the Supreme Court his employer’s decision to charge him for not having Covid vaccination.

Melbourne City

Scared and intimidated sad teenager bullied on line with laptop suffering cyberbullying and harassment. Child victim of bullying stalker social media, online challenges, technology and dangers of internet.

Sex grub’s tactics for grooming teen girl laid bare in court

A Sunshine grub exchanged more than 6500 pages of messages in just 10 months when grooming a teenage girl he described as his ‘hot little 14-year-old daughter’.

Melbourne City

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 17: In this photo illustration, a teenage child looks at a screen of age-restricted content on a laptop screen on January 17, 2023 in London, England. The Bill aims to protect young and vulnerable viewers by introducing new rules for social media companies which host user-generated content, and for search engines, which will have tailored duties focussed on minimising the presentation of harmful search results. Content that platforms will need to remove includes child sexual abuse material, revenge pornography, selling illegal drugs or weapons, and terrorism. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Grub lands in court over grooming minors for sex

An emotionally “stunted” sex grub says he groomed minors online as an alternative for sex and to manage mood swings.

Outer East

Dandenong South-based Elastomers failed to provide and maintain a safe workplace that resulted in a worker's death.

Worker’s death lands rubber supplier in court

A worker fractured his skull, lost about two litres of blood, went into cardiac arrest and died during a horrific workplace accident in Dandenong South

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