Tag: drug trafficking

Case reflects new strategy of crime syndicates to bring drugs into Australia using smaller packages sent by mail or air cargo, say police.

Would-be drug smugglers found with Australia’s biggest cocaine haul in their vessel off the NSW coast each get 17 years in jail.

Consignment with an estimated street value of $140-million detected in shipping container of ceramic tiles addressed to a Melbourne business.

Colombian national living in Surfers Paradise arrested by Federal Police after methamphetamine was found hidden in boxes from Mexico.

British authorities, acting on information partly provided by the AFP’s Operation Ironside, seize drug shipment worth $226-million.

Spanish man living in NSW arrested by Aussie cops after Colombian police find cocaine hidden in bags of coffee bound for Australia.

Man aged 65 is the second person to be sentenced for attempting to import 1,2 tonnes of ephedrine into Australia.

Two Adelaide men who tried to import 18 kilograms of meth worth $7-million into Australia by hiding it in 4WD winches go to prison.

Two crew members of yacht sailing from the Pacific to NSW sentenced to between seven and 16 years for drug trafficking.

Four alleged members of NSW drug syndicate that imported massive quantities of meth into Australia arrested during four-month investigation.

Seventeen-year-old Perth girl is among those arrested for trafficking. Police say the heroin has an estimated street value of $55-million.

Consignment worth $80.7-million was found hidden in thousands of canola oil bottles sent from Mexico to Melbourne.

Two Sydney men extradited to Queensland as Australian and Dutch police continue their investigations that began in 2019.

Accused is one of four Malaysian nationals now in custody for drug-importation offences in Victoria.

Sixty-three kilograms of methamphetamine found hidden in wooden pallets containing mop buckets from Malaysia.

Police warn Iranian expats, in particular, that they are being targeted to become unsuspecting couriers for overseas crime syndicates.

Qld woman gets four years in jail for helping her son abscond shortly before he was due to stand trial on major drugs charges.

Authorities uncover an ‘opportunistic attempt’ by organised crime to use a postal system insider to traffick narcotics.

Methamphetamine with a street value of $187-million was hidden in various consignments of goods, including kitchen bench tops and chandeliers.

Liquid ecstasy valued at almost $700,000 found by Border Force hidden in an air cargo consignment that arrived in Sydney.

Latest seizure of drugs worth an estimated $135-million and arrest of four people highlights the scale of the problem.

Large consignment of meth sent from Iran was concealed beneath fake grass, which was part of the tunnel set-up.

Mom, 57, and son, 28, will spend a minimum of 6-7 years behind bars for their illegal work with a meth-trafficking syndicate.

Detectives stop truck and find two big tubs stuffed with millions of dollars in cash. Large quantity of drugs also seized at a Perth home.

Man sentenced to nearly 15 years in a Melbourne court this week. He is now the fifth syndicate member to get a combined 68 years’ jail time.

Large-scale drugs lab was hidden at a unit complex. Gold bullion, silver, drugs, ammunition and large quantity of cash seized.

Queensland Police raid medical practices and seize drugs said to be destined for illegal onward sale to the public.

Illegal drugs laboratory was still in the process of being set up and would have been one of the largest in Victoria’s history.

Two sentenced over drug-trafficking ring bust by AFP in Melbourne. Two other gang members were also jailed this month.

ANALYSIS & OPINION: If faced with a similar situation to the young Australian arrested this week in Columbia on suspicion of drugs trafficking, would not most people prefer that a judge or jury came to a trial unbiased by what they had read or heard about a case?

OPINION: More than a quarter of the world’s darknet methamphetamine trade is facilitated by Australian cryptomarket dealers.

Schoolies has gone very sour for a Perth teen who is now in the custody of Indonesian police for allegedly posessing a baggy of suspicious white powder.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran shot dead for role in Bali 9 drugs trafficking, despite mercy pleas and vigils.

"We are still looking for a good day in the month of April for carrying out the executions," say authorities.

Bali Nine duo will be transferred to Nusakambanganon on Wednesday where they will face death by firing squad. 10 felons will be executed by 120 members of a combined firing squad, 12 for each victim.

Preparations for the Bali Nine drug smugglers facing death by firing squad are almost ready and the commitment to carry the executions through is final, says Indonesia’s attorney-general.

Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will not be moved to pre-execution prison this week after all.

Convicted Australian heroin smugglers are to be relocated from their Bail prison ahead of their ordered execution by firing squad.

Australian prisoners closer to firing squad after Indonesian president rejects clemency appeal.

A Sydney mother could be hanged if found guilty of carrying 1.5kg of meth at Kuala Lumpur airport.

Kalynda Davis's world came crashing down when she was charged in China with possessing 36kg of crystal methamphetamine. She has made it home to Australia but her Tinder partner remains behind and could face death by firing squad if found guilty.

An Australian judge has labelled a struggling Brit, who smuggled drugs into Australia, "stupid" - for lack of a technical term.

British drug mule apprehended at Sydney airport for being in possession of bottles of MDMA faces court.

Amnesty International says Australian man Pham Trung Dung, who has been sentenced to death in Vietnam, may be given an unknown cocktail of drugs.

On Thursday a 29 year old British national Ben Asadollahi Zoje was arrested in Sydney when he was found in possession of 2kg’s of ecstasy hidden in his luggage.

Significant blow to drug trafficking network by British and Australian navies.

Australian Federal Police are warning the public about a scam where consumers ‘win’ an all expenses paid holiday, unaware they are being used as drug mules.