Joint media releases

Joint media releases

Release date (field_release_date)
30/11/2022
NSW Police Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Charges have been laid against a further three people after more than 70kg of cocaine was seized at a Sydney unit earlier this year.

24/11/2022
NSW Police Force, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)

A joint-agency police investigation into the importation of prohibited drugs has resulted in the seizure of more than $2.5 million in cash and more than 300kg of methylamphetamine and cocaine.

25/10/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Victoria Police, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force

Two people have been arrested after an investigation into an organised crime syndicate allegedly importing and distributing tens of millions of dollars of illicit drugs into Melbourne and operating a drug ‘safe house’.

09/10/2022
Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Two men have been arrested in Melbourne after authorities seized more than 300 kilograms of liquid MDMA hidden in a consignment of French wine bottles.

07/10/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, NSW Police Force

The AFP has seized $1 million in cash and charged a West Australian man, 34, with dealing in the proceeds of crime as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering.

23/09/2022
NSW Police Force, Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Five men have been arrested after police seized more than $80 million of methylamphetamine (ice), firearms, and $1.7 million cash, during a multi-agency police operation spanning three states.

20/08/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, NSW Police Force, Australian Border Force, NSW Crime Commission, US Homeland Security Investigations

A New South Wales man, 50, has been jailed following an international, multi-agency investigation into the importation of 188 kilograms of cocaine supplied by a Mexican drug cartel in 2019.

31/07/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, AUSTRAC and Australian Border Force

The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has restrained more than $10 million dollars in assets – including eight ACT properties, four high-end vehicles, luxury goods, cash and cryptocurrencies – amid an international money laundering investigation.

30/07/2022
NSW Police Force, Queensland Police Service, Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, NSW Crime Commission

Police have dismantled a clandestine laboratory and seized prohibited drugs, cash, luxury cars and jewellery, following the conclusion of a joint-agency police operation conducted across Northern NSW and south-east Queensland targeting organised criminal networks.

15/07/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

A Sydney father and son with alleged links to Middle Eastern organised crime have been charged with importing 66 kilograms of cocaine discovered in car tyres in Western Australia.