Tag: Drug syndicates

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.

Criminal syndicate with inside knowledge and access to secure areas at Australia’s busiest airport arrested over failed plan to import drugs.

A WA man who was jailed for five years for money laundering is to lose the $6-million in cash that police found in his possession.

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.

Arrest after law enforcement agencies found nearly 350kg of heroin hidden in a consignment of machinery from Malaysia.

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.

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.

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.

Police say only a well-resourced organised crime syndicate would have been able to attempt a smuggling operation on this scale.

If you use your essential worker status to smuggle drugs across borders we will arrest you, police say.