Ironside ‘crime figures’ seek to challenge AN0M architects
The architects of the sting of the century may give evidence in court as men accused of conspiring to import a tonne of cocaine into Australia launch a legal challenge.
The architects of the sting of the century may give evidence in court as men accused of conspiring to import a tonne of cocaine into Australia launch a legal challenge.
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.
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.
An Operation Ironside defendant has admitted his role in a $17.5m drug trafficking syndicate, during a mass hearing of South Australians caught up in the crime sting.
Luxury houses, prestige cars, jet skis, diamond-encrusted Rolexes … see the incredible treasure trove police are chasing from Operation Ironside’s alleged villains.
A number of searches across Adelaide have led to the arrest of 18 men linked to Operation Ironside – and 167 fresh charges have been laid.
Lawyers for a group of Operation Ironside accused have been given 15,000 pages of material under the assumption they would “print it out” themselves.
High-velocity rounds, bullets designed to fragment on impact and machine gun ammunition were in an Ironside accused’s arsenal – see the pictures.
This is how Operation Ironside has put a serious hole in Australia’s bikie gangs and their associates, who make up a third of those charged. SEE THE LIST
Police are closing in on key players in the notorious Comanchero bikie gang, as experts reveal how taking out the Mr Bigs will change their relationship with Australia’s criminal underworld.
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