Busted: How drug syndicate transported their secret stash
Ingle Farm man Allan Michael Speck was a bikie drug mule – until he unwittingly led police to a $350,000 stash of drug money being transported in an ingenious and hi-tech way.
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Crime clear-up rate much worse than we think
It’s the true story behind crime statistics that police don’t want you to know. It’s even resulted in defendants being awarded thousands in compensation.
How stuntman’s crew stole a fortune from Holden
A $334,000 seizure order has been slapped on the luxury home of famous stuntman Robbie Bolger, ringleader of the syndicate that stole $2 million in parts from Holden’s Elizabeth factory. For the first time we tell the full extraordinary story behind the heist.
Fake lawyer the most bizarre case detective has ever seen
Sarah Grasso tricked family, friends, even legitimate lawyers, into believing she was a barrister by sneaking into uni lectures and faculty social events, and awarding herself fake degrees, leaving a manipulative trail of bounced cheques and debt in her wake.
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US expert shoots down QLD police theory
AN international expert in gunshot wound trajectory has decimated the police theory that a young scientist “accidentally’’ shot himself. NEW PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW
In pictures: Policing in the ‘50s
IT was the decade that saw the Queen’s first tour of Australia, a dramatic defection by Soviet spies and the spectacle of the Melbourne Olympics. The police dealt with all these events, plus some shocking crimes.
Mokbel’s sprawling property empire
TONY Mokbel once moaned that he had just $45 to his name as he fought to stay out of prison. It was hard to reconcile the sob story with the incredible wealth authorities had linked to the drug kingpin’s operation.
Torso butcher’s prison act fooling no-one
MURDERER Lindy Williams, who killed her partner and hacked him up with an electric saw before dumping his torso on the side of the road, is a con artist who regularly faints in jail to gain sympathy, according to a prison source.
Explosive claims: How cops ‘botched’ death probe
THE death of Queensland scientist Jeffrey Brooks was no accident and the case was botched by police, according to an explosive insurance investigation, with a private investigator disgusted by “basic errors’’ made.
Sister’s venom for coward child killer John Edwards
EVEN child-killer John Edwards’ family hates him.“He’s an awful man, horrible. Always has been,” his only sister Dianne told The Daily Telegraph.
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.
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