Illicit drugs

16/01/2019

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.

23/01/2019

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police
A ninth person has been arrested as part of an ongoing joint agency drug operation targeting the importation and trafficking of drugs into Melbourne.

01/02/2019

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), South Australia Police
A specialist multi-agency team has been formed to target the supply and distribution of methylamphetamine in South Australia and reduce the illegal drug’s significant and often tragic impact on the state’s community.

01/02/2019

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Western Australia Police
WA Police Force’s Meth Enforcement Taskforce detectives seized over 8kg of Methylamphetamine and over $1.4m cash yesterday, Thursday 31 January 2019, as part of a
joint operation with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission targeting the distribution of illicit drugs.

08/02/2019

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Department of Home Affairs, Victoria Police
Australian and U.S.

28/02/2019

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police Force
A man has been extradited from Western Australia as part of an ongoing multi-agency investigation into international drug trafficking by sea.

03/05/2019

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police Force, Tasmania Police
A drug syndicate has been disrupted, $2.7 million worth of drugs seized and 31 arrests made as part of a long-running and complex drug importation investigation by Tasmania Police.

04/07/2016

Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Victoria Police
A successful operation conducted by the Victoria Joint Organised Crime Task Force (JOCTF) has resulted in charges being laid against one Malaysian and seven Australian citizens for drug offences, and the seizure of approximately 275 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, with a street value

14/07/2016

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, South Australia Police
Police have seized four kilograms of methamphetamine and arrested a man following an investigation into drug trafficking in South Australia.

04/08/2016

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
The number of national illicit drug seizures and arrests has reached new highs, according to a report released today by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).