Australian Police

Aerial view over the Aburrá Valley near Medellín in Colombia, with the built-up areas of Bello and Copacabana spread across the valley floor below green mountains and a blue sky, and a road curving through the hills at the lower right; photographed in December 2014. A general view of the place, not from the detention reported in the article.

Alleged WA Drug Kingpin ‘The Kid’ Arrested in Colombia

Sophie Lennox / October 2, 2026

Arash Ebrahimi Far, the Australian-Iranian dual national wanted by Australia over an alleged drug network, has been detained in Colombia,

A view along The Northern Road at the Londonderry and Llandilo boundary in western Sydney, with a car ahead on the two-lane road, eucalypts on both sides, powerlines overhead and paddocks to the left; photographed in 2023. Illustrative, not the property or the scene of the seizure.

Australia, Sydney

Record 2.7-Tonne Cocaine Seizure at a Londonderry Property in Western Sydney

Arjun Deshmukh / June 22, 2026

The Australian Federal Police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine from a semi-rural property at Londonderry, in Greater Western Sydney,

Overcast view along Bondi Beach from the southern headland, surf rolling in over rocks and the Bondi Pavilion on the far foreshore.

Australia

Bondi Terror Inquiry Reveals Deadly First Moments That Claimed Ten Lives in Seconds

Sophie Lennox / May 25, 2026

The Royal Commission has heard 11 people were shot within 29 seconds of the Bondi Beach attack, ten fatally. Naveed Akram is charged with 59 offences.

The glass and stone tower of NSW Police Force headquarters in Parramatta under an overcast sky, its name in small letters on the base.

Australia, Indigenous

NSW police search powers under scrutiny after figures show heavy use against Indigenous youth

Sophie Montgomery / May 21, 2025

NSW police used firearm prohibition order search powers thousands of times in April 2025, with Aboriginal people making up 42 per cent of those subject to the orders.