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Extraordinary revelationsVideoPremiumNew details emerge of WA’s massive $128m cocaine bust

Police have vowed to hunt down the interstate and overseas organisers of a massive WA cocaine seizure as new details emerge about the huge bust made over the weekend.

Phil Hickey

Abrolhos IslandsPremium‘Worst butt dial in history’ played in $1b drug plot case

Five men who tried to smuggle almost a tonne of drugs into Australia on a luxury yacht and a speedboat – only to run aground on reefs in the Abrolhos Islands – have been convicted of the ambitious plot.

Tim Clarke

Ill-gotten gainsPremiumIT tech to be sentenced over beefy role in huge roid ring

A young WA father who was drowning in debt became the trusted storeman for a massive steroid selling website — until ingenious police tracked him down and discovered a huge $800,000 haul at his rental.

Tim Clarke

‘Hard ice border’ PremiumWhy cops are preparing for flood of meth to swamp WA

Police are bracing for a flood of meth to hit the State after the fall of the ‘hard meth border’ — but detectives have never been better placed to tackle the scourge.

Daryna Zadvirna, Phil Hickey & Michael Traill

‘Significant social issue’PremiumPolice consider alcohol ban after mass brawl in Kimberley

Police are considering a ban on alcohol sales in the north of WA to crack down on anti-social behaviour after a mass brawl with more than 100 people armed with bats and clubs broke out in Derby.

Brianna Dugan

Meth bustPremiumRugby league star’s ‘fall from grace’ after NZ drug importation

Manu Vatuvei, who played 226 NRL games for the Warriors, has been jailed for three years and seven months for importing methamphetamine.

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‘very serious offences’PremiumWA detention centre stormed over unprecedented drug bust

Police have stormed Yongah Hill Detention Centre and arrested a New Zealand man allegedly linked to the Comancheros in relation to a massive drug trafficking operation allegedly being run from behind bars.

Sarah Steger

Alarming findingsCommentsPremiumTikTok slammed for portraying cannabis use in positive light

More than half of the cannabis-related videos on TikTok portray the drug in a positive light — while less than five percent warn users against it.

Charlotte Elton

WATCH THE VIDEOVideoPremiumRevealed: The flash lives of $100m Perth meth bust accused

The men, pictured on social media smoking cigars on European getaways, indulging in oyster beachside lunches and posing next to race cars, are all facing life in jail over the alleged New Year’s Eve drug plot.

Daryna Zadvirna

Big tabPremiumSobering sentence for WA man who posed as liquor official

A man once convicted of impersonating a public official to get free drinks in Perth has been jailed after he breached a suspended jail for other fraud charges by possessing methamphetamine.

Shannon Hampton

NEW RULESPremiumGovernment tightens alcohol home delivery rules

The WA government has cut the hours during which alcohol can be delivered to homes, part of a suite of new regulations on practice.

Charlotte Elton

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Ill-gotten gainsPremium
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Perth steroid smuggler sold clients vials of cooking oil

A Perth guard jailed over an attempt to smuggle about 100 year’s worth of steroids into Australia for himself sold hundreds of customers cooking oil instead of the illegal muscle building substance.

Daryna Zadvirna

‘It’s complementary’CommentsPremiumWA MP hits back at legal cannabis conflict claims

WA Upper House MP Brian Walker is in the spotlight over potential conflict of interests concerns after he was appointed ‘strategic consultant’ to an ASX-listed medicinal cannabis company.

Caitlyn Rintoul

‘wicked problem’PremiumNew report reveals alarming surge in meth use in WA

Meth consumption in WA has more than quadrupled since August last year, snapping back to pre-pandemic levels after a dramatic fall linked to COVID-19 restrictions.

Sarah Steger

MENTAL HEALTH AMBASSADOR Test captain Hughes opens up on being ‘skipper’ again

After revealing his battle with alcohol earlier this year, Kim Hughes is back as skipper and the former Test captain could not be more content in the role.

John Townsend

Unprecedented resultsVideoCommentsPremiumUS strategist the architect of WA meth trade’s downfall

A crime strategist poached from North America has won plaudits from WA authorities for his role in splintering the State’s drug trade and helping police confiscate mountains of dirty money.

Josh Zimmerman

Serial drink-driverCommentsSerial offender fined and banned

A serial drink-driver on his provisional licence has been disqualified from driving for more than three years after he was caught drink-driving at the wheel for a third time.

Kasper Johansen

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car roll-overCommentsPremium
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Ban & fine for drunk driver

A South West man has been banned from the roads for more than two years after rolling his vehicle on Harvey’s main street while four times over the legal blood-alcohol limit.

Kasper Johansen

Convictions dismissedVideoPremiumPerth bikie on Thai death row back home after release

A Duncraig man and his wife, who were sentenced to death in Thailand over an alleged failed bid to smuggle 500kg of crystal meth have been sensationally cleared after four years in a Bangkok jail.

Brianna Dugan

Organised crime syndicatePolice bust Colombian cocaine coffee smuggler

A 41-year-old Spanish national has been arrested after Colombian authorities seized more than 35kg of cocaine bound for Australia.

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Accused $33m meth smuggler stays behind bars

A Victorian man who allegedly used a Winnebago to smuggle $33 million of methylamphetamine into WA remains behind bars after a court appearance this week.

Caitlyn Rintoul

‘Social standing’CommentsPremiumRevealed: Class link in problem pandemic drinking

A survey of Australian women suggested a distinct relationship between class, drinking habits and emotional well-being during the pandemic.

Charlotte Elton

Drinking hits homeCommentsPremiumAlcohol at home not making teens more responsible

Australian parents are still letting their teenagers drink alcohol at home, some in the misguided belief they are encouraging more ‘responsible’ behaviour, despite evidence that is not the case.

Kate Emery

Intercepted packagePremiumMan attempts ‘$5m meth import between sheets of paper’

A Perth man has been remanded in custody accused of an audacious bid to smuggle a commercial quantity of meth from the United States, an offence carrying a lengthy stint behind bars.

Shannon Hampton