CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sri Lankan man faced Broadmeadows Magistrates Court today (19 December, 2024) charged with allegedly committing an act of indecency on board an international flight. The AFP will allege the man, 41, committed an act of indecency on a female passenger during a flight from Sri Lanka to Melbourne yesterday (Wednesday 18 December, 2024). The passenger alerted airline staff to the incident, who then notified t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police A Melbourne man has been jailed for six years and three months, with a non-parole period of four years, for child abuse material-related offences. The man, 49, was sentenced by the County Court of Victoria yesterday (18 December, 2024) for seven offences relating to possessing, soliciting and accessing child abuse material on...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images available via Hightail. The AFP has charged a Hungarian national and a juvenile from the United States in Melbourne this week for their alleged roles in a plot to import 14kg of methamphetamine concealed inside blueberry packages. The accused appeared before Melbourne Magistrate's Court and Melbourne Children's...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Arrest vision, images and audio grabs are available via Hightail A Colombian national residing in South Australia has appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today (19 December, 2024), after being charged by the AFP over alleged human exploitation offences. The woman, 35, was arrested at her Kilburn home yesterday (Wednesday, 18 December, 2024). AFP members executed a search warrant at th...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images from the man's arrest are available on Hightail A Sydney man was this week (17 December, 2024) sentenced to seven years and nine months' imprisonment with a non-parole period of four years and nine months for his role in the importation of 174.4kg of methamphetamine to Australia via Chi...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: State Drug Squad detectives have charged 28 people after uncovering three multi-million-dollar cannabis farms following investigations under Operation Whiskey Alon in the North Coast and Central Regions. Search warrants were executed throughout December at Deepwater, Moore Park Beach and Winfield where police will allege the three properties were being used as purpose-built cannabis farms. The canna...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 16-year-old boy has died following a serious traffic crash that occurred in Kearneys Spring earlier this week, December 16. Investigations indicate around 11:30pm, a silver Mazda was travelling west on Spring Street when it left the road and crashed with a power pole at the intersection with Muller St. A 22-year-old South Toowoomba woman was declared deceased at the scene while another three passe...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Bus network staff have been engaged with more than 17,000 times during more than 1,200 operations in a joint bus network safety blitz across the south-east. Operation Whiskey Course commenced in April 2023, bringing together Queensland Police Service and Translink, to conduct high-visibility patrols at bus hubs across Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan, Moreton and as of October 2024, Ipswich. It aims to p...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Sunshine Coast police breath tested more than 1,000 drivers on December 14 as part of Operation Exodus, focusing on road safety through high visibility patrols, enforcement, and engagement with motorists. The operation included static roadside breath testing sites at the Yandina-Coolum Road roundabout where 13 people were charged with drink driving and over 10 traffic infringement notices were issued...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A crime scene has been declared following an unlawful wounding incident in Plainland this morning. Police and emergency services were called to a Bushman Street property shortly before 6am to reports of a firearm being discharged. Initial investigations indicate a 31-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to the upper body. The offender is believed to have fled shortly before police arrived. A 31-...