Three Sydney dockworkers have been charged over a massive shipment of cocaine in a law enforcement investigation into trusted insiders importing illicit drugs into Australia, authorities said on Tuesday. The three, aged 25, 38 and 42, appeared in a Sydney court on Monday charged over 1,116 pounds of cocaine found hidden behind a false wall … Read more
Crew members died after being struck by the sail boom in separate incidents, organisers say. Two sailors have been killed hours apart in Australia’s most prestigious annual yacht race. The crew members died after being struck by the sail boom, a horizontal pole which holds down the sails, in separate incidents on the first night … Read more
Two people taking part in Australia’s annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police. Both crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a boom – the large pole attached horizontally to the bottom of a sail. The event’s organisers said the incidents happened on the Flying … Read more
Australian scientists have solved a mystery which has gripped Sydney: what were the sticky dark blobs which washed up on some of the city’s famed beaches last month? Initially believed to be tar balls, they were in fact a “disgusting” combination of human faeces, cooking oil, chemicals and illicit drugs, researchers say. Eight beaches including … Read more
SYDNEY — A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards danger” to confront the attacker who stabbed and killed six people at a suburban Sydney shopping center. The shopping mall, one of the country’s busiest and near the world-famous Bondi Beach, was a hub of activity on Saturday afternoon when 40-year-old Joel Cauchi used … Read more
Police in Sydney say a man has been shot at a shopping centre in the Australian city after reports of multiple people stabbed. New South Wales Police said in a statement that emergency services were called to the Westfield Bondi Junction mall complex just before 4pm (06:00 GMT) on Saturday following the reports. “People are … Read more