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There certainly seems there is something in the water with this one!

A 27-year-old Malaysian national has been remanded in custody overnight, charged over the alleged importation of six kilograms of methamphetamines into Melbourne.

The man had been attempting to smuggle in these illegal drugs in water filter cartridges.

Following an x-ray of the goods, Australian Border Force officers identified several anomalies, which after examination were found to contain approximately six kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in water filter cartridges.

As far as attempts go, it’s not a bad one – he used an interesting concealment method and shipped the drugs into Australia through Canada, which isn’t usually a source country for illegal drugs – but the fact remains that this crook is still a bit stupid.

Our law enforcement agencies, like Border Force and the Federal Police, have sophisticated technology to stop this stuff getting through.

AFP Commander Hunter absolutely nails it when he says drug smugglers and peddlers, like this man, “prey on our community for personal gain, causing drug–related crime along with the harmful health and social costs that inevitably follow.”

Check out this episode of BUSTED to find out more about what is so concerning about this story.

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Childcare centre don't tend to be at the centre of a sophisticated criminal operation.

In this case though, that’s exactly where they happened to be.

Several law enforcement agencies worked together to execute 34 search warrants at 18 properties and vehicles across Sydney in a fraud investigation.

Police received information that a criminal syndicate, allegedly directed by a 46-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man, was operating a sophisticated scam and collected up to $500,000 in government payments in the past eight months, including $138,000 from the COVID-19 stimulus package that was developed to support the childcare sector.

Police arrested the two ringleaders and 11 other people in relation to an alleged criminal syndicate operating a large-scale family daycare fraud in Sydney’s south-west.

It is always so disappointing to see these crooks trying to make misbegotten gains from taxpayers’ money.

But this type of scam, where we see criminal syndicates ripping off taxpayers through childcare centres or through the NDIS to make a quick buck, is all too common.

The scale of this operation reveals that Police have likely known about this for some time and have worked together with other agencies to make these arrests.

Be sure to check out the latest episode of BUSTED to find out more about this day care fraud syndicate.

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Australian Border Force (ABF) investigators recently arrested a 43-year-old man in south-west Sydney after parts of 11 childlike sex dolls were detected in air cargo shipments.

ABF and NSW police executed search warrants and seized an electronic device allegedly containing child abuse images, and a further childlike sex doll.

A number of additional electronic devices were seized pending full forensic examination.

Importing childlike sex dolls is an offence under the Customs Act. The maximum penalty if convicted is up to 10 years’ imprisonment and/or fines of up to $525,000. Under the Criminal Code the possession of a childlike sex doll attracts a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment.

You tend not to see many stories of this kind in the media but sadly this is an ongoing issue, with Border Force having identified this abhorrent trade as a global problem.

This behaviour is absolutely disgusting and has no place in Australian society.

It’s a crime which could be linked to very serious cases of child sex abuse and manipulation.

Child sex dolls are rightly illegal here and in many other parts of the world – as they should be.

This is truly a horrendous case, and the collaboration between ABF and NSW Police on this case has helped to keep children in our community safe.

Be sure to watch this episode of BUSTED to find out more.

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“The zenith of stupidity.”

“These guys didn’t really think this one through.”

“That was never going to end well.”

That’s how the BUSTED team described the crooks in this episode.

Two Hobart brothers were recently sentenced for robbing a drug dealer of $2,000 and a “quantity of ice.”

But that’s not the kicker…

The two brothers had run out of ice and cash at the time of the incident so had decided to rob their own dealer.

Being their dealer, they were all known to each other, so the dealer dobbed them in to the police!

It just shows how stupid these guys are though. Robbing from your own dealer was their own undoing.

And this report would surely have been one of the Police’s more unusual ones.

With a double-barreled shotgun present and discharged, the judge said it was lucky that no one was shot – and we couldn’t agree more.

This truly is one of the more bizarre and unusual stories we’ve covered here on BUSTED.

But it goes helps make the point around how nasty and dangerous drug dealing is to be involved in.

Between them, they were sentenced to less than four years’ gaol.

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In an earlier episode of BUSTED we looked at a bikie who flew into Queensland while infected COVID-19, after he had been in prison for murdering an associate.

In that episode, the BUSTED guys predicted that some of his associates may catch up with him.

That prediction has come true.

Shane Bowden, who was a member of the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang, was murdered execution style in the driveway of a Gold Coast unit.

Nine shots were fired into his BMW hitting him in the head and chest when he returned home just after midnight.

This is just another example from the Gold Coast which is boosting its reputation as a serious crime hub.

Drugs and bikies just seem to be attracted to the glitter strip and the Gold Coast.

And this comes despite the fact Schoolies has been cancelled on the Gold Coast this year, meaning the illicit drug trade is not fuelling crime to the same extent as it usually does.

Nonetheless, this is a serious issue for people who live on the Gold Coast who are raising families and just want to enjoy their hometown’s beaches and idyllic lifestyle.

It’s always deeply concerning when someone is murdered by criminals on our streets, so no BUSTED rating for this one but be sure to check out this episode to find out more.

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It’s always a good idea to pack a spare pair of undies – just not like this. A Malaysian air hostess smuggle heroin in underwear into Australia

An ‘arrogant’ businessman who has a wife and two kids, was one of seven involved in a criminal syndicate trying to smuggle heroin into Australia.

The Malaysian man sprung delivering heroin at Melbourne's Immigration Museum on behalf of an international syndicate has been jailed.

At the time he had tried to deliver 784.2g of pure heroin, with a street value of more than $465,000, as instructed to the museum for collection.

Thankfully, Border Force prevented it from circulating into the community.

But this is just an example of the length that criminals will go to, using international connections, to make a huge profit from selling illicit products in Australia.

Unfortunately, these elaborate schemes are a common occurrence in Australia, with smugglers using elaborate attempts to bring illegal products into the country – including illicit drugs.

The syndicate had been using Malaysian cabin crew as drug mules and the hostess caught with heroin hidden in her underpants by Border Force is what helped police nab the businessman.

Have a look at the latest BUSTED video to find out more about the Malaysian air hostess smuggle heroin in underwear into Australia.

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Fresh data has revealed NSW’s illegal drug hotspots showing the Suburbs with the most drug dealers in NSW, with a few surprises and a few expected results. Perhaps unsurprisingly, inner Sydney topped off the list, but I raised an eyebrow at a few others in the top ten – Newcastle at number three, the regional mid-west at number four and Queanbeyan and number seven.

Cocaine busts were rife across the Eastern Suburbs and ecstasy dealers sell the most in the City of Sydney.

The Central Coast was the number one spot for cannabis dealers.

Newcastle saw the most narcotics busts.

Mudgee came in number one for drug deals involving amphetamines

These lists really just show that the New South Wales police have a hell of a job on their hands in tackling drug dealing and trafficking, no matter where they are stationed across the state.

Drug trafficking and consumption really does seem to be occurring in metro and regional areas and the relative affluence of a suburb doesn’t seem to make a difference – you’ve got it happening from the Waverley to the Entrance to Goulburn to Coonabarabran.

These are serious quantities of drugs moving through our borders and onto our streets.

But it’s good to know the NSW authorities have got a close eye on this sort of activity – they’ve certainly been busy keeping this stuff of our streets.

Be sure to watch the latest episode of BUSTED to find out more.

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This one starts normally enough; with a Mum of two living in a quiet beachside suburb in Hobart. Where it turns criminal is the fact that she was involved in a highly sophisticated international Melbourne ice trafficking syndicate.

She was allegedly involved in a large-scale Chinese-Malaysian drug trafficking syndicate that used vulnerable people to “housesit” their drug labs.

It’s pretty clear that this wasn’t some backyard operation – this was a highly organised syndicate. They had fronts to legitimise their income, including chicken farms and labour organisations to wash their profits through.

It looks like it’s been in operation since at least 2018, trafficking the drug ice, and this woman, a Chinese National, and her husband appear to be the ringleaders – but she is out on bail as she has a newborn child who obviously needs care.

She and her husband were among 15 in the ice trafficking syndicate arrested.

These syndicates seem to be more and more common and it’s worrying to see something this sophisticated anywhere in the country, let alone in Tasmania.

Ice is a huge problem in Australia, especially in regional areas – these people are nothing more than merchants of misery and suffering.

But despite the seriousness of the crime, the Victorian Supreme Court let the woman out on bail after it was denied by a Magistrate.

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Keep an eye out for drugs hidden inside sex toys!

Australian Border Force and the AFP picked up $38 million worth of meth and cocaine concealed inside an interesting choice of products. Sex toys.

In what is clearly an international syndicate, x-rays revealed 40 kilograms of meth and 18 kilograms of cocaine stashed in 21 boxes of sex toys sent to Melbourne from the UK via Singapore. The meth bust had an estimated street value of $30 million and the cocaine more than $8 million.

This is a huge bust and it’s a great job by Australian law enforcement agencies.

If these organised criminal syndicates thought the adult nature of their concealments would make our law enforcement officers look the other way, they thought wrong! In fact, Border Force officials simply pointed out that they are acutely aware of the “creative lengths” crimes are going to smuggle illegal drugs into the country.

AFP Acting Commander Investigations Jayne Crossling said even the COVID-19 pandemic was not deterring drug dealers from trying to import illicit substances.

It is really worrying that criminals are continuing to break the law despite everyone suffering under a pandemic.

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Looks like the ‘luck of the Irish’ could be finally running out. Irish scammers arrested.

Gangs of Irish conmen, in Australia on visitor visas, have been targeting elderly and vulnerable Sydneysiders through roofing scams. They’ve cheated people out of as much as $600,000.

But they weren’t just ripping people off for phoney roofing jobs; they also stole almost $11,000 in life savings stored in a tin from one elderly couple.

These guys were approaching older Sydneysiders, offering to trim trees or work on roofs. Their scam involved trying to convince the victims their roofs need repairing. They over charge for this ‘service’ and to make matters worse steal money from the house.

These conmen have been pocketing so much money there is evidence they have been sending it home to Ireland, while others have been splashing out on “luxury items” and “lavish spending” in Sydney.

Criminals try and sell fake or counterfeit products online or through the mail, but this is an old-fashioned approach requiring face-to-face contact.

These guys don’t seem to have any shame.

This is absolutely shocking. Taking older people’s life savings is abhorrent and reprehensible.

It’s great to see Australian Police catching these guys and hopefully Irish Police are trying to get those who fled back to Ireland.

Check out this episode of BUSTED to find out more about the Irish scammers arrested!

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