Busted

Melbourne's small businesses have been doing it tough during two lockdowns. But it is also a kick in the guts when a small handful of smaller shops do the wrong thing.

Some shops which should be closed under the restrictions have printed paper signs to put in their windows, pretending to be a 'milk bar' or 'convenience store' when they're nothing of the sort.

In fact, many of these stores were breaking the law even before their attempts to dodge COVID restrictions.

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The latest in a long line of silly incidents around COVID-19 state border closures.

Despite being disqualified from driving, a man decided to try and smuggle a woman through a checkpoint along the NSW-Victoria border.

Suffice to say, he was stopped and when Police realised he wasn't allowed to drive, they searched his car, and found the woman in the boot who didn't have permission to cross the border.

Thankfully Police have the resources they need to keep up these checks and this pair wasn't trying to smuggle drugs or anything more serious around the country.

Watch the video to find out more.

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Counterfeit products have come a long way – especially in the beauty industry. Just recently, Priceline was in trouble after finding fake skincare products across its Sydney stores.

While it seems like a harmless crime, when criminals can infiltrate chemist and pharmacy supply chains, it’s a huge problem. It might be cosmetics today – which themselves might involve animal testing and harmful products – but could also be a lead-in to fake medicines infiltrating our pharmaceutical supply chain.

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Under Melbourne’s lockdown and state of emergency restrictions, drug dealers have also had to keep off the streets – and haven’t been able to sell their product normally.

Anyone outside their house is far more likely to be stopped by Police, which is the opposite of what drug dealers want.

Instead they’ve turned to social media and ride share platforms to sell and distribute drugs.

Watch to find out more about how criminals continue to adapt to lockdowns.

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Herald Sun

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There is perhaps no easier way to attract Police attention than crashing into a Police car. Unless you crash into two...

Simon Tu did just that.

And the van he was driving was carrying 260kg of ice.

That's worth about $130 million on the street.

With this quantity of drugs involved it's likely he wasn't acting alone.

Watch the video below to find out more.

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The Australian

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The Federal Police saved these piglets’ bacon!

While animal welfare is critically important, this time by reporting pig thefts from a Canberra kindergarten, one Good Samaritan actually helped get an international criminal arrested.

Stories like this remind us about how important it is for members of the public to report all crimes – even seemingly trivial ones – to the Police.

Watch to find out what else the criminal has been charged with.

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First it was illegal hairdressers, and now it’s illegal brothels. Criminals are finding ways to keep their operations going even through Victoria’s tough restrictions.

But there could be more to this story than first appears. Illegal brothels like this one could be hiding far more sinister criminal operations beneath the surface.

At a time when social distancing is important, you’d think people would have better sense than to visit brothels…much less illegal ones.

Watch to find out more.

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With our highest BUSTED rating yet, we look at a very worrying case in the Adelaide Hills.

Police arrested a man for possession of illegal high-powered and automatic firearms, including one which was linked to the Australian Defence Force.

The property they searched is believed to have ties to a “commercial clandestine” meth lab, with Police also finding narcotics alongside the firearms.

Watch the video to hear more about this arrest and the ‘bracket creep’ in firearm ownership.

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Did you hear the one about the charity worker trying to rip off Australia Post?

In this episode of BUSTED we look at a charity worker who tried to smuggle in $2 million worth of Express Post envelopes from China.

These high-quality knock-offs weren’t convincing enough to fool the AFP who seem to have knocked over the entire syndicate.

Check out our latest video to hear more.

Read the original story here: Daily Telegraph

BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community, whether it’s criminal thugs being caught smuggling in cheap, fake products or dodgy dealers getting stung selling drugs to fund their lavish lifestyles. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to get these bad guys BUSTED!

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Our first COVID-related BUSTED episode.

Mongols bikie Shane Bowden entered Queensland while he knew he had COVID-19.

He lied on his declaration and to Police at the airport. In the process 83 other passengers were forced to quarantine.

It’s a fascinating episode but our lowest BUSTED rating yet – be sure to watch and find out why.

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