UNWRAPPED - 2024 MOST CREATIVE DRUG IMPORT ATTEMPTS REVEALED

CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images and vision of the concealments available via Hightail Organised crime syndicates continue to make the naughty list in 2024, with more than 740 attempted drug imports disrupted by the AFP and Australian Border Force (ABF). Between 1 January and 1 December 2024, more than 740 consignments, s...


UPDATE 1: HIT-AND-RUN CHARGES, MARTYVILLE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a man following a hit-and-run crash in Martyville this morning, December 25. Initial information indicates approximately 5.20am, a man in his 20s was located deceased on the side of Martyville Road. Following investigations by officers from the Forensic Crash Unit and Innisfail Criminal Investigation Branch, a 27-year-old man was taken into police custody. He has been charged wi...


UPDATE 1: ARMED ROBBERY, ARUNDEL

BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged three people following an alleged break and enter with violence incident yesterday, December 24. It will be alleged three males armed with a firearm, a machete and a hammer, attended an address in Arundel around 4.45am in a stolen BMW vehicle. It will be further alleged they stole property from the address before leaving the scene in the stolen BMW and an Audi SUV stolen from the...


MISSING WOMAN, EAGLEBY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a 28-year-old woman missing from Eagleby since Wednesday, December 18. Esther Davidsson (pictured) was last seen on Logan Street around 11pm and has not been seen or heard from since. She is described as Caucasian, approximately 162cm tall with blonde hair and brown eyes. She has a tattoo on her wrist with the wording 'Lilly' and a distinctive cr...


SUDDEN DEATH INVESTIGATION, MARTYVILLE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating the sudden death of a man in Martyville overnight. Around 5.20am this morning, December 25, a man in his 20s was located deceased on the side of Martyville Road. Officers from Forensic Crash Unit and Innisfail Criminal Investigation Branch have commenced investigations into the circumstances of the man's death. Following further enquiries made at a nearby address, police ha...


MISSING BOY, SUNSHINE COAST

BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 12-year-old boy missing from Warana since Wednesday, December 25. The boy, pictured, left an address on Parari Street at around 5.45pm, to go fishing and has not returned home. He was last seen wearing a green Calvin Klein t-shirt, shorts and reef rock shoes. The boy is described as Caucasian, slim build, with blonde hair and brown eyes. Police and ...


SUDANESE-BORN MAN CHARGED WITH ALLEGED VISA BREACH IN VICTORIA

CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudanese-born man is set to appear before Dandenong Magistrates' Court today (Tuesday, 24 December, 2024) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 33, on 24 December, 2024, after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged the man breached a condition of his Commonwealth visa on Thursday, 19 December, 2024, and Sunday, 22 December, 20...


APPEAL TO LOCATE MISSING GIRL, 8, FROM WOLLONGONG AREA

CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images of Jacki Lynne Medley and Molly Rose Noonan-Medley are available via Hightail. The AFP and NSW Police are seeking public assistance to help locate eight-year-old girl, Molly Rose Noonan-Medley. Molly is believed to be in the company of her mother Jacki Lynne Medley, also known as Jacqueline and Jackie, aged 50. She was last seen at Woonona, NSW, about 11am on Thursday, 31 October, 2024...


MAN CHARGED FOR ROLE IN ATTEMPTED $34M METH IMPORT FOLLOWING SLIPPERY ARREST AT NSW BEACH

CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Vision and images of the arrest are available via Hightail A Greek national, 30, has been arrested in the surf at a NSW beach for his alleged role in an importation of 34kg of methamphetamine to Sydney. The AFP began an investigation in June, 2024, into an organised crime syndicate suspected of importing drugs from the United Kingdom. The 30-year-old man is alleged to have stored a car conta...


AFP OPERATION PEPPERMINT CATCHES SANTA HACKER

CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:The AFP's Operation Peppermint video available via Hightail The AFP has today released a video showing how the law enforcement agency saved Christmas after the Grinch allegedly stole Santa's Naughty and Nice List in a major cyber-attack. This serves as a timely reminder to all Australians to be cyber safe this festive season, as the AFP takes the public behind the scenes to show how Operation...