Australia to toughen tobacco crime laws as cigarette and vape black markets surge
Criminal gangs cashing in on Australia’s illicit tobacco boom will face tougher penalties and expanded police surveillance powers…
Australian Border Force intercepts 150,000 units of melatonin amid crackdown on unregulated products
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has intercepted the equivalent of thousands of bottles of melatonin in four months,…
Australian crime syndicates using fake tobacco packaging to flood legal market
Australian crime syndicates are using fake plain packaging — mass produced out of Chinese factories — to legitimise…
ABF intercept illegal fishers in Cape York river according to eyewitnesses
An illegal foreign fishing vessel and nine men have been intercepted by Australian Border Force (ABF) off the…
Flotilla of foreign fishing boats spotted in Torres Strait waters
Graham Kerridge says he was at the helm of a helicopter over Australian waters when he spotted a…
Police say there was ‘serious, imminent risk’ of child kidnapping in Perth by Jason William Forbes
Children in Perth were at a “serious and imminent” risk of being kidnapped by a man who planned…
Border Force launches operation targeting illegal foreign fishing off Queensland coast
Authorities are launching a multi-agency operation to target foreign fishing boats illegally entering Australian waters in north Queensland…
Man faces court charged with possessing extremist material after phone search at Brisbane Airport
A man has appeared in court, charged with possessing violent extremist material following an Australian Federal Police investigation.…
Foreign boat pictured in Queensland creek as alleged illegal fishers reach mainland
A foreign fishing vessel has been spotted inside an Australian mainland creek and river following a spate of…
Foreign fishermen enter Queensland island resort before border force intercept
A group of men land on a Far North Queensland island resort. They walk up to the bar…
Banned Adelaide doctor Bill Tolis in court over steroid importation charges
A 61-year-old Adelaide doctor banned from practising has appeared in court charged with importing performance and image-enhancing drugs,…
ABF intercepts foreign fishing vessel seen near Cape York Peninsula
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has intercepted a foreign fishing vessel off the Cape York Peninsula coast this…