Joint media releases

Release date (field_release_date)
16/01/2019
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police
Australian authorities have seized about 21kg of methamphetamine, arrested two men and summonsed a third in Perth during an investigation into a Western Australia-based drug trafficking syndicate.

16/01/2019
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police
Eight people were arrested in Melbourne over the past fortnight as part of a joint operation targeting an organised crime syndicate police will allege is responsible for the importation of over $20M worth of illicit drugs into Australia.

14/01/2019
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Taxation Office, New South Wales Police Force

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Taxation Office, New South Wales Police Force
The Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) has seized and destroyed eight acres of illegal tobacco crops and seedlings with a potential excise value of more than $9 million from a property near Araluen in New South Wales on Friday, 11 January 2019.

14/01/2019
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Western Australia Police

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Western Australia Police
A 45-year-old Sydney man is expected to appear before Perth Magistrate’s Court today to face charges for his alleged role in the importation of 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine in Geraldton, Western Australia in December 2017.

29/10/2018
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, South Australia Police

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, South Australia Police
Three people have been arrested following the discovery of an industrial-sized Methamphetamine clandestine laboratory at a property at Croydon.

17/10/2018
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Department of Home Affairs, New South Wales Crime Commission, New South Wales Police Force

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Department of Home Affairs, New South Wales Crime Commission, New South Wales Police Force
A Sydney-based pharmacist and a male associate have been charged as part of a joint agency investigation into illicit drug supply.

29/09/2018
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Department of Home Affairs, New South Wales Police Force

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Department of Home Affairs, New South Wales Police Force
Australian authorities have joined with international agencies to successfully stop a plan to sail a yacht hiding approximately 500 kilograms of cocaine from South America to Australia, through the Pacific.

06/08/2018
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Western Australia Police

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Western Australia Police
Two men have been charged, and 33kg of Methylamphetamine seized, after a joint operation
conducted by the Western Australia Police Force’s Meth Enforcement Taskforce and the
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

02/08/2018
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Queensland Police Service

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Queensland Police Service
This is a joint media release issued by members of the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (comprising of the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Queensland Police Service and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission) and the Australian Defence Force.

26/07/2018
Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Northern Territory Police

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Northern Territory Police
The first warrant executed by the newly established Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) has uncovered more than 17 acres of illegal tobacco crops and 6 tonnes of tobacco leaf, with an estimated excise value of $13.3 million, growing near Katherine.