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US Coast Guard members board a self-propelled semi-submersible in international waters in 2019. A new “narco sub” has been intercepted on its way to Puerto Rico.

Australia’s new frontier in cocaine trafficking

Semi-submersibles are hard to detect and harder to spot; and they can import more than five tonnes of cocaine at a time.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from houses in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

What if the antisemitic tide has a bigger target: Australia’s stability?

If foreign malign forces masterminded some of this wave of attacks, as authorities suspect, Australia will not be alone.

  • Lydia Khalil
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media at the Swinburne Tafe, Croydon.

‘Alarming breakdown’: Albanese under pressure to reveal when he learnt of terror plot

Experts say authorities should have warned Albanese about the discovery of a caravan full of explosives earlier as terrorism is “an attack on our whole nation”.

  • Matthew Knott, Alexandra Smith and David Crowe
Police said they found jerry cans inside the vehicles.

‘Kill cars’ allegation against man linked to Dural caravan explosives plot

Simon Lance Nichols was arrested at the start of the month over his alleged role in a criminal car rebirthing syndicate. His name was also on a counter-terror search warrant.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Perry Duffin
Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw, NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb and NSW Police deputy commissioner and counter-terror chief Dave Hudson.

Who knew and who didn’t: Inside the caravan bomb discovery that blindsided federal ministers

The key decision made after the explosives were found was that the details of the investigation had to remain under wraps, which meant political leaders could not know.

  • David Crowe and Perry Duffin

A caravan packed with explosives? Sydney’s Jewish community deserves better than 10 days of silence

A hastily convened press conference on Wednesday has raised more questions than it answered.

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Police executed a search warrant on a property located on Derriwong road, Dural.

Owner of caravan of explosives capable of ‘mass-casualty event’ in police custody

Enough explosives to create a 40-metre blast radius were found in Sydney’s north-west along with the address of a synagogue.

  • Perry Duffin, Riley Walter, Max Maddison and David Crowe
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Accused smuggler sailed into sea cucumber bust after ‘fleeing’ rehab for Indonesia

An accused drug trafficker who “fled rehab” in NSW unwittingly sailed into a border force operation targeting sea cucumber poachers, derailing his plot to reach Indonesia.

  • Perry Duffin and Jordan Baker
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From Andrew O’Keefe to accused drug boss: Controversial rehab centre’s uncertain future

The facility remains home to accused criminals despite an alleged escape and an urgent investigation by the attorney-general after a Herald exposé.

  • Jordan Baker and Perry Duffin
Comanchero bikie chief Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi; a ute torched in the Woollahra antisemitic attack.

Son of slain bikie boss charged over Woollahra antisemitic attack

Adam Hawi, son of murdered former Comanchero boss Mick Hawi, can be revealed to be among those charged over a spate of antisemitic attacks across the city.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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