BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 5 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged eight people following the track of a stolen vehicle in Brisbane today. It is alleged the silver Mercedes Benz was stolen from a Wade Street, Virginia, address overnight, February 5. Police will allege the car was tracked by POLAIR and sighted driving across Brisbane's north and south. The car was tracked to Vincent Street in Indooroopilly where it will be alleged officers recove...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Grow house vision available via Hightail Two Victorian women, with alleged connections to Albanian organised crime, have been charged for their alleged involvement in a cannabis trafficking plot and are expected to face the Melbourne Magistrates Court today (5 February, 2025). The Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) initially charged aHillside man in September 2024, for his alleg...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police AFP Special Operation Avalite has charged a Victorian man with allegedly calling a political organisation and making offensive antisemitic comments. The Toorloo Arm man, 64, was charged today (5 February, 2025) with one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence, contrary to section 474.17(1) of...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Footage and images of the man are available on Hightail A Sydney man, 35, will appear before Downing Centre Local Court today (5 February, 2025) after he was detained on a boat off the Northern Territory coast in a multi-agency operation on 26 January, 2025. The man is accused of being a member of a criminal syndicate which used the AN0M platform - an encrypted communications application used ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Western Australia Police Force Editor's note:images available via Hightail A Perth man who was arrested by police while tryingto flush methamphetamine down the toilet, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment. The man, 53, was sentenced yesterday (4 February, 2025), by the Perth District Court for possessing an illicit drug with intent...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's Note: Images are available via Hightail A Melbourne man has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of four years and nine months, for a range of offences including possessing an unregistered loaded firearm and drug trafficking. The man, 33, was sentenced today (4 February, 2025) by the County Court of Victoria after earlier pleading guilty to five charges. The AFP ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Iran-born man is expected to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (4 February, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with one of his visa-mandated conditions. The man, 39, was charged yesterday (3 February, 2025), after he was located in Perth. It will be alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa between 30 January, 2025, and 31 January, 2025, by failing to ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Irish national is expected to appear before Darwin Local Court today (4 February, 2025), charged for allegedly driving a wanted fugitive more than 4600km from New South Wales to the Northern Territory last month. The man, 46, was arrested in Nhulunbuy on Sunday (2 February, 2025) and is the third person charged over an alleged plot to smuggle a man - facing criminal charges laid as part of the AFP-led Ope...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 4 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:34 PM Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services The Honourable Laura Gerber Crisafulli Government delivers fresh leadership to the Parole Board * The Crisafulli Government has appointed Michael Woodford as the new Parole Board President to restore stability and confidence to the organisation. * The former Parole Board president Mi...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 4 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 03:23 PM Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence The Honourable Amanda Camm A Fresh Start for Queensland: Funding boost to maximise outcomes for kids in Child Safety * Crisafulli Government delivers $1500 funding boost for extracurricular activities to help kids in Child Safety * ...