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No bail for bikie accused over shooting and record bust

No bail for bikie accused over shooting and record bust

A man arrested over a record-setting cocaine bust had allegedly used group chats to organise a drive-by shooting where toddlers were present, a judge has heard.

Half a tonne of cocaine found floating in the ocean

Half a tonne of cocaine found floating in the ocean

Half a tonne of cocaine found floating in the ocean

Half a tonne of cocaine found floating in the ocean

Four men have been charged over a failed bid to illegally smuggle 525 kilograms of cocaine into Australia using a livestock ship.

No bail for man after revenge hit on meth cook's wife

No bail for man after revenge hit on meth cook's wife

No bail for man after revenge hit on meth cook's wife

No bail for man after revenge hit on meth cook's wife

A man accused of luring an innocent women to be tied up, kidnapped and murdered over her husband's alleged meth theft has lost a court bid for bail.

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Dodgy traveller admits to having large package in pants

Dodgy traveller admits to having large package in pants

A traveller could be settling in for a serious stint in jail after customs officers noticed a suspicious bulge in his trousers when he arrived in Australia.

Underworld kingpin Mokbel avoids a return to prison

Underworld kingpin Mokbel avoids a return to prison

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has been sentenced to time already served after losing a bid to have one of his trafficking convictions quashed.

Trump trims China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting

Trump trims China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting

US President Donald Trump is raving about his talks with Xi Jinping, saying he'll cut tariffs on China while Beijing makes promises on rare earths and fentanyl.

Ex-cricketer's assailants avoid jail after coke theft

Ex-cricketer's assailants avoid jail after coke theft

Three men who beat up former spin bowler Stuart MacGill after two bricks of cocaine were stolen have been given community sentences for their violent acts.

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Drug dogs and strip searches to stay at music festivals

Drug dogs and strip searches to stay at music festivals

Drug dogs and strip searches to stay at music festivals

Drug dogs and strip searches to stay at music festivals

Calls to wind back the use of sniffer dogs and strip searches have been knocked back after a major state review of drug policies.

'Black flight' smugglers jailed over $17m drug plot

'Black flight' smugglers jailed over $17m drug plot

'Black flight' smugglers jailed over $17m drug plot

'Black flight' smugglers jailed over $17m drug plot

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms over a plot to import methamphetamine into Australia hidden on a secret "black flight".

Colombian president a 'drug leader', says Trump

Colombian president a 'drug leader', says Trump

Colombian president a 'drug leader', says Trump

Colombian president a 'drug leader', says Trump

President Donald Trump accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being an "illegal drug leader", saying the US will halt payments to the country.

Illegal tobacco trade targeted in federal crackdown

Illegal tobacco trade targeted in federal crackdown

Illegal tobacco trade targeted in federal crackdown

Illegal tobacco trade targeted in federal crackdown

Border force, state and territory police and government agencies will unite as part of fresh efforts to clamp down on illegal tobacco.

Ex-Test cricketer's drug rip-off assailant apologises

Ex-Test cricketer's drug rip-off assailant apologises

Ex-Test cricketer's drug rip-off assailant apologises

Ex-Test cricketer's drug rip-off assailant apologises

A former Test cricketer has received an apology from one of the men who beat him up in a dilapidated shed after two bricks of cocaine were stolen.

Innocent mum's murder likely linked to big drug bust

Innocent mum's murder likely linked to big drug bust

Innocent mum's murder likely linked to big drug bust

Innocent mum's murder likely linked to big drug bust

Police are probing possible ties between the murder of a mother in front of her sons, a plot to kill a father on his way to daycare and a global drug syndicate.

Tradie suffocated, shoved in box over $50k 'drug debt'

Tradie suffocated, shoved in box over $50k 'drug debt'

Tradie suffocated, shoved in box over $50k 'drug debt'

Tradie suffocated, shoved in box over $50k 'drug debt'

A man who duct-taped and assaulted a tradie and hired a "cleaner" to dispose of the body in a creek has been jailed as his co-accused remains on the run.

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Drug crop worth $15m found in gardening igloos

Eight suspects fled a property where police uncovered a sophisticated cannabis crop, with a potential street value of $15 million, growing in gardening igloos.

Mokbel drug convictions 'infected' but retrial on cards

An underworld figure faces a retrial on a 2005 drug importation charge after three judges delivered a mixed ruling on his appeal against three convictions.

Octogenerian in court accused of dealing 'whale drugs'

An elderly man accused of trafficking animal euthanasia drugs for use in people's deaths has yet to see any evidence against him, his solicitor says.

Illicit drug testing rising despite patchy availability

New insight into the demand for drug checking shows growing safety awareness among users, despite varied approaches to pill testing around Australia.

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Perth grandmother loses drug smuggling appeal in Japan

Australian woman Donna Nelson has lost her appeal in a Tokyo court for drug smuggling as she maintains that she was the innocent victim of a romance scam.

Former commando denied bail over drugs and gun charges

A former elite soldier accused of possessing 45 grams of meth was caught up in a police raid while trying to buy drugs for his own use, a judge has heard.

Venezuelan jets fly near US warship as cartel boat shot

Military tensions have risen in the Caribbean with Venezuelan jets flying near a US Navy destroyer after the Americans attacked a suspected cartel drug boat.

Mokbel's wait to wipe 'tainted' convictions continues

Gangland figure Tony Mokbel will have to wait to learn if he successfully appealed drug-trafficking and importation convictions.

Mokbel argues he suffered a miscarriage of justice

Underworld kingpin Tony Mokbel claims police, prosecutors and barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo tainted his drug-trafficking convictions.

'Super lab': man denied bail after huge meth haul

A man has been accused of trying to flee overseas when police allegedly uncovered a drug "super lab" they claim could have produced $500 million worth of meth.

Prosecutor-turned-judge in firing line at Mokbel appeal

Lawyers for a drug kingpin have taken aim at a judge claiming he should have disclosed a police informer's status sooner when director of public prosecutions.

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