Secret stockpile of super strength MDMA for Australia
Deadly super strength ecstasy pills will hit Australian shores once lockdowns end. We reveal how manufacturers in the Netherlands are doing it amid fresh global calls for local pill testing.
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Cocaine dealers’ new move as prices skyrocket to $750 a gram
Coronavirus has forced criminals to rethink their supply channels, with global transport restrictions making the movement of illicit drugs harder, and driving up the price of cocaine and MDMA.
‘Bomb making’: ISIS Bali terror suspect caught
Indonesian authorities have arrested a suspected terrorist on the paradise island of Bali, where his evil plot involved bomb making tutorials as well as sharing radical content and videos about ISIS.
COVID-19 fails to curb Aussie terror threat
The pandemic has not diminished the “probable” likelihood of a terror attack in Australia, security and law enforcement chiefs have revealed, as extremists continue to recruit vulnerable youths.
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Suitcase murder: Secret past of an evil sex monster
THE sex offender who murdered a toddler and dumped her remains on the side of highway in a suitcase after killing her young mum and leaving her in Belanglo State Forest had brutally assaulted women before. Here is his horror rap sheet.
Jail sex ‘grubby with no privacy’
ODD place, odd dynamics — why do jail guards end up having sex with prisoners? A former corrections officer sheds light on the phenomenon — and what exactly “downing a duck” means.
Coroner refuses to rule out murder in cold case
A CORONER examining the death of a young scientist was told the victim feared “he may cop a bullet’’ as tensions between workers on a property near Brisbane boiled over.
Aussie cops’ Russia fears in ‘chaotic’ MH17 mission
THE man who led the AFP’s recovery of MH17 wreckage in war-torn eastern Ukraine has revealed how the fraught operation was, amid fears his troops would be used as human shields.
No escape from prying eyes behind bars
THE Herald Sun went behind the scenes of maximum-security Port Phillip Prison, home to some of the state’s worst criminals, and discovered there is nowhere to hide inside.
In pictures: What really happened to Jeffrey Brooks?
FOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
‘I dreamt the bodies were coming back to life’
THE forensic pathologist called in after the discovery of the Snowtown bodies-in-the-barrels murders reveals the horrific impact of solving a “gruesome jigsaw puzzle”. GRAPHIC CONTENT
How could a mother-of-six do this?
WHEN a Queensland schoolgirl stopped to help a mother-of-six look for her missing dog, it would lead to the unimaginable – especially given the woman’s involvement in the horror her husband had planned. WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS
The men and women who chase child killing monsters
THE men and women of the Child Protection Investigation Unit are the torch for abused children, helping them navigate the darkness.
True crime podcast: The valley of guns and threats
SOMEWHERE in the hinterland hides the answers to a dark secret. Now new evidence reveals that the manager of a farm where a worker died of a gunshot wound had earlier threatened to shoot a neighbour. EPISODE 3 AVAILABLE NOW
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