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South Burnett town of Durong at the centre of international cocaine bust

It's a neat-as-a-pin, blink-and-you'll-miss it, quiet Queensland country town. But now Durong is the focus of a massive cocaine bust after police swooped on an industrial drug lab on a rural property.

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Australian Federal Police arrest nine people across three jurisdictions in alleged cocaine syndicate bust

Federal authorities have raided homes across three Australian states and territories, seizing cash and finding buckets and utes full of drugs.

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Police raid cocaine house linked to cartel

Federal and state police have raided a cocaine production house in country Queensland which they say is linked to a Columbian cartel.

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AFP seizes cash, homes and cars in WA

The Australian Federal Police has finalised three operations in Western Australia which involved the seizure of almost almost $3.5 million in cash and assets.

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Brisbane Airport workers among eight charged after alleged theft of phones, tablets from restricted area

Two airport workers allegedly used their security clearance to access and take multiple devices and accessories from parcels before asking others to peddle the stolen goods for money and drugs.

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Gwandalan man charged with possessing child abuse material

Australian Federal Police investigators have charged a Central Coast man with possessing child abuse material, the agency said this week.

Newcastle Herald

Helping to rescue 13 people from a Thai cave in 2018 remains the highlight of AFP diver Kel Boers's career

Four years after a multi-national team rescued a group of young soccer players from a cave in Thailand, Australian Federal Police rescue diver Kel Boers still cannot believe it was a success.

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AFP lays more charges against Findon man accused of preparing or planning terrorism act

An Adelaide man arrested last year appears in court after the Australian Federal Police lays new terrorism charges against him.

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Adelaide paedophile Geoffrey William Moyle has sentence extended to 12 years

An Adelaide paedophile jailed for filming himself sexually abusing children in Cambodia will spend an extra three years in jail after a prosecution appeal.

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International child sex offenders posing online as girls to target Australian boys, AFP warns

Child sex offenders abroad are targeting Australian boys online in schemes that groom them to produce child-abuse material subsequently used to extort money, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) warns.

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AFP arrests alleged international drug kingpin extradited from Thailand

Australian Federal Police have extradited a man from Thailand to Melbourne, who they allege was a senior figure in an international organised crime syndicate accused of conspiring to traffic illegal drugs into Australia.

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Canadian man, 76, charged with bringing 24kg of ice into Australia in shoeboxes

Australian Federal Police charge a 76-year-old man after he allegedly brought more than $22 million worth of the drug ice into the country hidden in shoeboxes.

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Former executive jailed for swindling CSIRO while in charge of fraud control

A judge described the 47-year-old as "the author of significant fraud" as she condemned him to 12 months behind bars.

The Canberra Times

Australian Federal Police train team of digital technology sniffer dogs to target child abuse operations and terrorism perpetrators

The Australian Federal Police are training a team of sniffer dogs to locate digital technology⁠ — like USBs, hard drives, and SIM cards ⁠— in a bid to target child abuse operations and terrorism perpetrators.

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Cocaine smuggler who used luxury yacht for £160million narcos plot jailed for 18 years

Andrew Cole was involved in the planning of the huge cocaine smuggling operation, which saw two tonnes of the class A drug trafficked into the UK.

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Cargo ship captain charged after 320 kilograms of cocaine seized in drug bust off WA coast

As more details about the massive drug bust come to light, police claim the drugs wrapped in plastic were thrown off a bulk carrier near Port Hedland, where they were picked up by a smaller sailboat.

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Ship's master charged over WA cocaine bust

The Australian Federal Police have charged the master of a bulk carrier in relation to his role in a cocaine smuggling operation.

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Solomon Islands Opposition Leader accuses AFP of renting property from government MP for inflated price

Solomon Islands Opposition Leader Matthew Wale is accusing the Australian Federal Police of renting a property from a key government MP and powerbroker for a hugely inflated price.

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Labor calls on PM to take action after Queensland LNP candidate accused of listing false address

Sitting MP Anika Wells says she was abused by an LNP member in separate incident at prepolling centre in Lilley

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Sydney news: Teachers rally at Hyde Park for industrial action; men accused of transnational crime syndicate face court

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW teachers walk out of classrooms today, following through with industrial action despite an 11th-hour plea from the Premier.

The Guardian - AU

One Nation candidate ‘massively annoyed’ after being accused of running for two parties on opposite sides of country

Australian Electoral Commission refers Malcolm Heffernan to federal police for nominating in NSW and WA electorates

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Federal police probe two-seat candidate

An election candidate has been referred to the Australian Federal Police after nominating himself for two seats under two different names.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial: police feared witness would destroy phone evidence

Former soldier appeared ‘intoxicated, acting in a belligerent manner’ when confronted with a search warrant, court documents say

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Brittany Higgins complains that AFP unlawfully disclosed evidence in her sexual assault case to defence team

Protected evidence in the case of a man charged with the sexual assault of Brittany Higgins — including counselling notes and video recordings — was unlawfully disclosed to the defence by the Australian Federal Police, according to a formal complaint to the AFP.

The Guardian - AU

‘Systemic failures at every step’: the Indonesian children Australia sent to adult jails for years

Six children jailed as adults for acting as crew on people-smuggling boats have had their convictions quashed. But Australian authorities had been told before they were jailed of doubts about the wrist X-ray technique used to prove they were over 18

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