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Prosecutors fight damning findings in Mokbel appeal

Prosecutors fight damning findings in Mokbel appeal

The Director of Public Prosecutions is challenging findings made against police in drug kingpin Tony Mokbel's drug conviction appeal.

Accused cocaine kingpin ordered to surrender handprints

Accused cocaine kingpin ordered to surrender handprints

Accused cocaine kingpin ordered to surrender handprints

Accused cocaine kingpin ordered to surrender handprints

Police allege palm prints from an accused cocaine smuggler would match images posted in encrypted group chats by users called 'Wanted' and 'John Dillinger'.

Underworld figure Tony Mokbel's first day outside jail

Underworld figure Tony Mokbel's first day outside jail

Underworld figure Tony Mokbel's first day outside jail

Underworld figure Tony Mokbel's first day outside jail

One of Australia's most notorious criminal kingpins will spend his first full day of freedom in 18 years in a leafy city suburb after being released on bail.

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Freed Mokbel all smiles amid 'very strong' appeal case

Freed Mokbel all smiles amid 'very strong' appeal case

Underworld figure Tony Mokbel walked out of court to applause, tasting freedom for the first time in 18 years before his long-awaited Lawyer X appeal.

Gangland figure Mokbel may taste freedom in three days

Gangland figure Mokbel may taste freedom in three days

Gangland figure Tony Mokbel will learn his fate in days after making a bid for freedom on bail ahead of his long-awaited Lawyer X appeal.

Ex-Test spinner MacGill faces jail stint for coke deal

Ex-Test spinner MacGill faces jail stint for coke deal

The man whose Test career was throttled by being legspinning great Shane Warne's understudy has walked from a court after mixed verdicts in a drug trial.

Healer admits mushroom trafficking before woman's death

Healer admits mushroom trafficking before woman's death

A spiritual healer who served magic mushrooms at a retreat where a woman died has escaped conviction and been fined $3000 for drug trafficking.

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Key witness attacked in Test cricketer's cocaine trial

Key witness attacked in Test cricketer's cocaine trial

A drug dealer's honesty has been put under the microscope as ex-Test legspinner Stuart MacGill denies a key role in a cocaine deal before he was kidnapped.

Police minister's brother denies supplying meth

NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley's 62-year-old brother has faced court, disputing the amount of the drug meth and money that police allege they found on him.

Woman jailed after $1.8m of air-freighted meth seized

Woman jailed after $1.8m of air-freighted meth seized

Woman jailed after $1.8m of air-freighted meth seized

A woman likely faces deportation after being jailed for attempting to accept delivery of methamphetamine air-freighted from Mexico in wooden statues.

'Out of time': ex-Test spinner's panic after coke deal

'Out of time': ex-Test spinner's panic after coke deal

'Out of time': ex-Test spinner's panic after coke deal

'Out of time': ex-Test spinner's panic after coke deal

Texts from former cricketer Stuart MacGill before his kidnapping have been revealed in court as he faces trial for setting up a major cocaine deal.

Parcel find leads to multi-tonne haul of date-rape drug

Parcel find leads to multi-tonne haul of date-rape drug

Parcel find leads to multi-tonne haul of date-rape drug

Parcel find leads to multi-tonne haul of date-rape drug

More than six tonnes of a date-rape drug - worth more than $130 million - has been seized from post offices and storage units, with two people arrested.

Bali Nine member walks on decades-old 'joyride' charge

Bali Nine member walks on decades-old 'joyride' charge

Bali Nine member walks on decades-old 'joyride' charge

Bali Nine member walks on decades-old 'joyride' charge

A Bali Nine member has avoided punishment for "joyriding" two decades ago, just before he was locked up in an Indonesian prison over the notorious drug plot.

Alleged drug trio nabbed after thinking outside the box

Alleged drug trio nabbed after thinking outside the box

Alleged drug trio nabbed after thinking outside the box

Alleged drug trio nabbed after thinking outside the box

Three men face life sentences after attempting to import hundreds of boxes made of methamphetamine worth more than $100 million, federal police say.

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Malaysian drug mule gets stay of execution in Singapore

A Singapore court has granted a stay of execution to a Malaysian poet just hours before he was set to be hanged for drug trafficking

Notorious crime gang Brothers 4 Life 'no longer active'

Former crime boss Bassam Hamzy is due to be sentenced for directing the sale of methamphetamine while being held in a maximum-security prison for murder.

Drug dealer blasted buyer to death over $1500 debt

A drug dealer chasing a $1500 debt who shot his victim twice at close-range with a shotgun did not mean to murder him during a home invasion, a judge has heard.

Benefits of publishing pill testing data outweigh risks

The benefits of publishing Australian pill testing trial data outweigh the risks, according to a new report examining what happens overseas.

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Brazil drug cartel's corridor from Sao Paulo to Sydney

The Pacific Ocean is a favoured pipeline for a Brazilian drug cartel that's expanded globally by targeting countries like Australia where users pay top dollar.

Long wait for trial after man found on yacht loses bail

A man faces close to a year in custody before a drugs trial, with his bail revoked after missing a court date, before he was found aboard a yacht.

Man to remain behind bars over record drug haul charges

A UK national extradited from New Zealand has been accused of importing one of the largest amounts of drugs seized in Australia more than five years ago.

Gangster's prison life revealed after drug verdict

An ex-gang leader convicted of selling drugs from jail now spends up to 20 hours a day alone in a cell smaller than a car parking space, a court has been told.

Questions as accused smuggler's escape ends 4000km away

Federal police have tracked down an accused drug smuggler who was allegedly trying to sail to Indonesia after skipping out from a rehabilitation centre.

Bali Nine member re-arrested after landing in Australia

Bali Nine member Matthew Norman is facing another legal battle after police laid fresh charges for a minor crime committed when he was a teenager.

Calls for permanent pill testing after festival success

The first festival pill-testing trial in Victoria has been hailed a success after 40 per cent of patrons indicated they would use smaller doses of their drugs.

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