SA drug busts

[Kwality]

It will be interesting to see if the AFP Operation Ironside** continues delivering:

A 37-year-old Findon man, a 28-year-old Seaton man and a 24-year-old man from Broadview have been charged with attempting to traffic in a large commercial quantity of controlled drugs.

They have been refused bail and are expected to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today.

"These arrests and seizures are another example of SAPOL working together with Australian Border Force, Department of Home Affairs and the Australian Federal Police to apprehend people who attempt to import large amounts of illicit substances into South Australia that cause great community harm," Detective Acting Superintendent Denise Gray from SOCB said.

"It is an example of the determination of the SAPOL Serious and Organised Crime Branch to bring these offenders to justice and confiscate their assets."

Police make $1.6m cocaine bust in Adelaide

Three men are charged after SA Police and Australian Border Force officers seize a significant amount of cocaine from a property in Adelaide's west.

www.abc.net.au

** AFP and FBI sting used encrypted app to intercept crims' comms

 

[Kwality]

Police seize 400kg of cocaine 'destined for all major cities in the country'​

Australian Federal Police have intercepted a shipment of more than 416 kilograms of cocaine dropped in waters off Adelaide, which police say was "destined for all major cities in the country."

Key points:​

• Four Filipino nationals have so far been arrested
• They were crew members aboard the Kypros Bravery cargo ship
• Police investigations are continuing

It is the largest amount of cocaine ever detected in South Australia, with a street value upwards of $250 million.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) assistant commissioner Peter Harvey said the drug bust was the result of a multi-agency investigation into organised international crime.

"The investigation was launched in mid-March after an assessment of intelligence that suggested a commercial bulk-carrier ship, the Kypros Bravery, was to be used to traffic illicit drugs into Australia," he said.

“We will allege that the crew – including senior members of the crew – placed the cocaine into the ocean, at a predetermined location, in South Australian waters and this occurred on or near the 15th of March.

The multi-jurisdictional investigation between the AFP, South Australian Police, Australian Border Force, Department of Home Affairs, and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission continues.

"The Australian Border Force conducted a methodical, arduous, and endless search of the ocean area and located the shipment on the 18th of March," he said.

 

[Macca180]

What's the point of all this... seriously

This dumb 'war on drugs'

All this policing does is make the whole trade more and more lucrative and criminals richer and create more violence especially in origin countries.

And please don't think that these busts make any *ing dent in the trade what so ever. Police and politicians want you to think that. That's why they parade this BS in front of the media... to justify their jobs and positions.

It's all BS. And it will never be legalised because people in high places make too much money from it one way or another.

What a waste of time and tax payers money just to make other people rich.

 

[Kwality]

What's the point of all this... seriously

This dumb 'war on drugs'

All this policing does is make the whole trade more and more lucrative and criminals richer and create more violence especially in origin countries.

And please don't think that these busts make any f*n dent in the trade what so ever. Police and politicians want you to think that. That's why they parade this BS in front of the media... to justify their jobs and positions.

It's all BS. And it will never be legalised because people in high places make too much money from it one way or another.

What a waste of time and tax payers money just to make other people rich.

Sweeping claims there Macca & really zilch to do with SA more specifically. You didnt offer your solution nor accept the damage that will be moved around?

Your views would be worthy of another thread & not limited to Crime.

 

[johnymac1]

it shocked me that much coke was intercepted and only mules arrested.
who and where are the big fish??

 

[Kwality]

it shocked me that much coke was intercepted and only mules arrested.
who and where are the big fish??

Knowing who they are NEEDS evidence to arrest/prosecute.

 

[footy75]

What's the point of all this... seriously

This dumb 'war on drugs'

All this policing does is make the whole trade more and more lucrative and criminals richer and create more violence especially in origin countries.

And please don't think that these busts make any f*n dent in the trade what so ever. Police and politicians want you to think that. That's why they parade this BS in front of the media... to justify their jobs and positions.

It's all BS. And it will never be legalised because people in high places make too much money from it one way or another.

What a waste of time and tax payers money just to make other people rich.

Spot on.

But Beryl and Dennis sitting on their couch watching the nightly news in the Australian suburbs will never get it...so nothing will change.

 

[footy75]

The most shocking thing about this is...

Two fisherman found it floating out at sea...

Imagine finding 250kg of beautiful pure Colombian cocaine and ringing the police. lol lol lol

'Hey everybody I just won the lottery....here you can have it.'

 

[Kwality]

International organised crime boss arrested at Yorke Peninsula property, police say

The alleged leader of an international organised crime syndicate operating using the ANOM app has been arrested in South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.

www.abc.net.au

Key points:​

• The alleged leader of an international drug syndicate has been arrested in Yorke Peninsula
• Police say the man was linked to a drug bust worth $25 million
• The man is also being investigated by the FBI

The alleged leader of an international organised crime syndicate operating using the ANOM app has been arrested and charged in South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.

The 47-year-old man, originally from New South Wales, has been charged with trafficking controlled drugs, including methamphetamine, ecstasy, cannabis and cocaine, as well as money laundering.

The ANOM app was created by law enforcement authorities and has been a key part of a large policing operation dubbed Ironside.

Task force Ironside senior investigating officer Darren Fielke said the man was linked to kilograms of cocaine, thousands of ecstasy tablets and more than 170 kilograms of cannabis.

"Police will allege he is the head of a serious organised crime syndicate that operated both nationally and internationally," he said.

"We're talking multiple kilos of methamphetamine worth between $60-80 million.

"Although it's seized 50kg, our review of the ANOM platform and his and his syndicate's use of that particular platform has revealed a number of other quantities of methamphetamine ... trafficked across the country."