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David MurrayNational Crime Correspondent

David Murray is The Australian’s National Crime Correspondent. He was previously Crime Editor at The Courier-Mail and prior to that was News Corp’s London-based Europe Correspondent. He is behind investigative podcasts The Lighthouse and Searching for Rachel Antonio and is the author of The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay.

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Cash and cigarettes seized as part of Operation Whitesafe. Supplied

Sting stubs out smoke ring

Federal and state authorities have disrupted an organised crime syndicate smuggling in tens of millions of illicit cigarettes.

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The Nation

Defence Barrister Ruth O'Gorman leaves the Brisbane Magistrates Court in Brisbane, Monday, July 2, 2018. A Brisbane man accused of preparing to travel to Syria as a foreign fighter will remain behind bars after his bail application was denied. Abdus Samad Zaid, 21, faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday after he was arrested on Saturday following a counter-terrorism raid on a house in Brisbane?s south. (AAP Image/Jono Searle) NO ARCHIVING

Guerilla warfare and bombs

A Queensland man had documents on bomb-making, guerilla warfare and on how to make a silencer, police allege.

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News

21 year old man was arrested at a home in Didcot st Kuraby

Man accused of Syria plan

A Queensland man will appear in court today on terrorism offences, accused of planning to join Islamic State.

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News

Larissa Beilby The 16-year-old was reported as being missing from Sandgate since June 15 and had not contacted family or friends since June 18.

Larissa never on radar: minister

Queensland’s child safety department insists Larissa Beilby was not known to it, amid claims she had raised fears for her life.

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Dawson lover wore wife’s rings

A former friend of Chris Dawson has called for him to be charged with his wife’s murder.

HEDLEY THOMAS and David Murray

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A supplied image obtained on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, of missing 16-year-old Sandgate girl Larissa Beilby. (AAP Image/Supplied by QLD Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Sikorsky charged with murder

Zlatko Sikorsky has been charged with the murder of 16-year-old Larissa Beilby, after the discovery of her body in a barrel.

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11/04/2018: *TEACHERS-PET* Pic to go with Hedley Thomas podcast on the disappearance of Lyn Dawson in 1982. David Clark who was a teacher at Cromer High School where Lyn's husband Chris Dawson worked. Hollie Adams/The Australian

PE class ‘dropped Dawson in it’

A class of special needs students told Chris Dawson’s replacement what they saw, as more teachers come forward to blow the lid.

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A social media image obtained on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, of missing 16-year-old Sandgate girl Larissa Beilby. (AAP Image/Facebook) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Girl in barrel: Man lists demands

Queensland police have cornered Zlatko Sikorsky in a unit complex following the grim discovery of Larissa Beilby, 16.

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TEACHERS-PET 14/04/2018: Pat Jenkins is the sister of Lyn Dawson. Pics to go with upcoming Hedley Thomas podcast on the disappearance of Lyn (formerly Lyn Simms) in 1982. Her husband at the time was Chris Dawson, a former Rugby League player. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Dawson ‘got all he wanted’

Chris Dawson depicted himself as a distraught husband desperate to find his missing wife. His in-laws say that is absolute rubbish.

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**TEACHERS-PET**20/06/2018: Artist Kristin Hardiman was commissioned to paint a sketch of Lyn Dawson's daughters back in the 80's. On completing the painting but after Lyn Dawson disappeared she called the family home and encountered an abrupt Chris Dawson who told her

Proof Lyn ‘wouldn’t have walked’

Far from being distressed over the apparent disappearance of his wife, Chris Dawson “was ecstatic” says ex-teen lover.

HEDLEY THOMAS and David Murray

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